Brooklyn Grange Grown Seed Varieties

There’s a great community of growers in New York- it really makes the city feel smaller. Most of the farmers know each other on a first name basis and rely on each other for advice, resources, and sometimes help in the field. This is mainly because people who chose to grow food in the city are amazing by nature, but also because we all recognize that 1. we don’t know everything and 2. we want everyone to succeed in providing better food to our neighbors.

 

In that spirit of mutual aid and common cause, Rooftop Ready Seeds and Brooklyn Grange formed a partnership in 2011 that would help us expand our horizons and help the Grange save some money on seed. Brooklyn Grange runs the largest rooftop soil farms in the world, so they have a great big genetic pool of potential seed saving candidates. We work with them on a seed saving plan, select the best plants, and process the seed that gets divvied up at the end of the year. They save some money on seed costs and get first dibs on crop seed that has proven itself to be best for their micro-climate. Win-win.

 

Look for the Brooklyn Grange Grown logo on packs that they helped bring to the market:

And buy some seeds (and produce!) at their farmstands starting in May.

One Comment on “Brooklyn Grange Grown Seed Varieties”

  1.  by  Cody

    Hello there. I wanted to give you some authentic praise. I have been a firm supporter of urban ag. for a long time and your recent article in grist highlighted a topic I hadn’t though of; micrclimates in cities. I live in Boulder, CO and still have the luxury of open space, however you folks in NYC don’t have that. It hadn’t occurred to me that you would need specialized seed to handle the vast temperature differences that exist in a city. I want to thank you guys for enlightening me to that fact and give you praise for what you are doing. Making urban ag. a little easier for beginners is easiest way to get people started growing their own food. Everyone gets excited when they grow their first successful tomato.

    P.s I would love to get a packet of seed as a demo. Is there a way you could send one out my way?

    Thanks

Leave a Reply