Guest blog by: Deeya Patel, from Tulane University, who was an intern at RecircFarms Growing Local NOLA Farms, spring 2022 For those worrying that the deadline for starting an urban garden this season has passed, fret not! May is still a great time in New Orleans to begin a summer garden, since we no longer […]
Last week, supporters of LifeCity and its Regional Sustainability Committee, of the Love Your City Awards Gala donated 150 Recirculating Farms’ Growing Local garden bags to Dryades YMCA‘s Healthy Families project. The donation is part of an ongoing effort by Recirculating Farms, to increasing equity in local, healthy food production and distribution. Every year, LifeCity […]
This week, supporters of LifeCity and its Regional Sustainability Committee, of the Love Your City Awards Gala donated 100 Recirculating Farms’ Growing Local garden bags to elder musicians and medically vulnerable culture bearers in the Makin’ Groceries program of the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic. The donation is part of an ongoing effort by Recirculating Farms, […]
New Orleans, LA. – Just before Hurricane Zeta made landfall in Louisiana, Recirculating Farms and partner Top Box Foods delivered 100 Growing Local Garden Bags to the Musicians Clinic and Assistance Foundation for distribution to their “culture bearers” – older and/or ill musicians who are part of the “Meals for Musicians program. “We are very […]
In collaboration with SPROUT NOLA, Recirculating Farms has been offering farming classes as part of the New and Beginning Farmers Development Program through USDA. This program is designed for older youth and adults who eventually might like to become professional growers. Whether that means growing food for family, friends and neighbors, or something more – […]
Liberty’s Kitchen is a New Orleans nonprofit organization, founded in 2008. It hosts a restaurant, professional kitchen for training and a cafe, meeting and learning areas. As its website says, its visionary work focuses on youth development, youth leadership, and food security in under-resourced areas. At the heart of Liberty’s Kitchen Youth Development Program is […]
RFC is relocating its farm – Growing Local NOLA – to a space owned by the organization’s new community partner, the Dryades YMCA. The farm will be built on Jackson Avenue, in Central City, New Orleans, just a few steps from the Dryades Y building. “We’ve wanted a community garden for some time so that […]
VEGGI Farmers Cooperative (Village de l’Est Green Growers Initiative) is a community member owned and operated farmer’s cooperative based out of New Orleans East. Designed as a cooperative to prevent competition between members of the neighborhood, this organization seeks to provide employment and supplemental income to its members while simultaneously providing high quality, fresh produce […]
What does it take to be one of the only commercial urban farms in the Greater New Orleans Area? It helps a TON to have the perfect combination of owners; one with commercial farming experience and the other with a business background. Cheryl Nunes participated in a farmer training program seven years ago in Massachusetts, […]
Recirculating Farms Coalition in cooperation with the USDA Farm Service Agency is hosting a series of outreach and discussion sessions for farmers in New Orleans, Louisiana and beyond. We are planning to have classes throughout the summer on topics that will provide training and information on how to participate in various federal farm/farmer support programs, […]