Culinary Kids Farm Rockaway Project
Students will learn about planting and growing crops, Composting, Vermiculture & Aquaculture.
Leader
Elizabeth Bee Ayer
Location
B. 58th Street and Beach Channel Drive Far Rockaway, NY 11691
Impact areas
About the project
The Farm Rockaway Project will address the environment by teaching: Self-Sustainability, Urban Agriculture, Tree stewardship, Rainwater harvesting, Composting, Vermiculture, Reconditioning of Soils.
The Steps
Self-Sustainability & Urban Agriculture-by planting the crops and harvesting. Tree stewardship-Our summer youth will be attending to the 1300 trees from the Million trees project that Mayor Bloomberg has implemented. Rainwater harvesting-We will be ready for a lot of rain! Composting-Getting our hands on all of the scraps we can find and put them together and the rest is history!
Why we‘re doing it
Self-Sustainability- by planting crops, harvesting and seed-saving, we can become self-sustainable to a large degree. Urban Agriculture-helps by farming on land that is almost pristine as opposed to overtilled land which is mainly in the south. By diversifying your options, in comes urban agriculture-the future of food growing. Tree stewardship-The more trees that are planted, the more pollutants are taken out of the air. Rainwater harvesting-by catching the rainwater, and holding it in catchment, it can be used to water crops and save on municipal water. Composting-will be utilized in the reconditioning of the land.