FOOD CURATED: NYC's Cool New Backyard Farms: Growing More Than Just Produce

Urban NYC farmers have set their eyes on a new prize: transforming privately owned backyards into lush, fruitful farmlands.

By signing up to share your yard with a urban farmer, you can eat fresh from your own personal farm during the harvest months, and even sell produce to your neighbors - growing a community built around fresh local food. The best part is, you don't even have to lift a finger, BK Farmyards does all the farming for you...

Find out more at bkfarmyards.com

Shot & Edited by storyteller: Liza de Guia
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[travelingoutskirts]

Love it. Keep doing the amazing things you're doing! This is awesome lol! I wonder if I could do the same in my city...

[foodcurated]

@travelingoutskirts Thanks so much for watching! You totally should think about doing it! Big ideas start small sometimes :)

[foodcurated]

Thanks :) Glad you enjoyed it. I find Stacy's story so inspiring. She's doing great things for urban farming here in NYC.

[ChristyNiNe]

2)... but we are perfect for a Divine stewardship of this sacred garden Earth. Land is ABUNDANT when tended to properly and not used for giant corporations and military sectioning. Land is FREE and all should be welcome to call a pice of it HOME. We were not meant to live in compartmentalized hives, but to steward nature in it's grand expanse! <3

[glammacakes]

very inspiring, I luv watching vids like this, just goes to show even NY can grow yummy things. so far I've managed 2 grow sweet basil, rosemary, lavender, geranium, valerian, oregano, pansies, sweetpea flowers (for beauty & to attract bees), lemons, limes, roses in a very small area!!

[Shell4445]

so awesome, you go girl,thank you for sharing.... you rock

[mselliot2]

Nice Boobies:)

[Alina674]

@9rascon keep explaining to them why they need to do backyard farming. show them videos like this one, and keep convincing them in a positive way. most people are scared of change, even if they know it is a good change...normalcy bias. people have a hard time getting out of their comfort zone.

[impulse120291]

MILF

[tittiger]

Explain you business model?

Joe in Missouri

[tittiger]

How do you water? Oh I saw some drip tape....

Joe in Missouri

[afaf233]

@foodcurated i was in egypt and i saw people using public unused space to grow foor to sell.....one guy used to public park that was neglected and turned it into a large veg farm...he worked there with his kids all day and they made decent living from it....it supplied fresh veg to the neighborhood at less cost and the guy saved himself from unemployment.....the park was about 5000 square meters

[amberb57]

Wonderful raised beds, but those paths are so narrow! It's a hard balance between utilizing the space for production and having enough room to get access to the beds. My raised beds will have a bit more space between them. But, I admit, I have more overall space available to use, so it's easier for me to have wider paths. I've always planted in the ground in the past, but I'm in the process of converting to raised beds.

[44redman1]

HEY HOW ABOUT WE ALL DO THIS? IMAGINE TURNING WASTED TIME PLAYING COD AND WATCHING THE TELLY INTO A BACKYARD FARM WHERE YOU COULD EAT FRESH FOODS AND GROW THEM AS A HOBBY. ITS LIKE YOUR OWN LITTLE WORLD SO GOOD