Urban Farming

On the site of a former asphalt playground The Red Hook Community Farm provides job training to local teens.  Over 40 crops thrive here and are sold at their Farmers' Markets, to local restaurants and donated to those in need.
Robert Nickelsberg for TIME

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (and Other Stuff Too)
On the site of a former asphalt-covered playground in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Red Hook Community Farm provides job training to local teens. Of the more than 40 crops grown here, some are sold at farmers' markets, others to local restaurants and the rest is donated to those in need.

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