Metropolitan Gardening

The New Green City Fair 2010  will be located in Union Square this Year on September 29, 2010 from 10am - 6 pm. This free event expects over 100,000 visitors for what may be one of the largest green events in NYC. The event is presented annually by Grow NYC a non-profit organization with a 40 year history of pivotal leadership in community gardening, teaching, recycling, and green market support. The New Green City fair will have interactive art exhibits, DIY tutorials and a Green Market.

The JUST FOOD mission is to unite local farms and city residents... If you are in NYC and you want to shop for produce grown in the city here is a fantastic list - Just Food brings the thunder and the rain of solid info regarding where to go to market. And if it's food fests you like - get your tickets for " Let Us Eat Local " the tasting event features over 2 dozen fooderies at the South Street Seaport on September 16, 2010 and celebrates locally grown food. (If you have information on locally grown food in your city please leave your web address and/or email in the comments section here so we can post about the growing local food movement in american urban culture. -BTO)