The City Farms project goal is to encourage NYC community gardeners to understand and appreciate the concepts of community food security, and to be motivated to grow, distribute, and market more food within their communities.

Just Food's City Farms program works to increase food production, marketing and distribution via community gardens throughout NYC.

We partner with other NYC groups that have expertise in horticulture, marketing, garden preservation, leadership development and emergency food relief. Together, we offer workshops, training materials, and networking opportunities for NYC communities to grow more food.

Since 1997, The City Farms has grown to include 30 community gardens representing all 5 boroughs.

Just Food initiated and coordinates The City Farms together with Green Guerillas, Heifer Project International, Cornell Cooperative Extension-NYC, the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, City Harvest, GreenThumb, community gardens, and emergency food providers throughout New York City. The project is opened up to as many gardens as would like to join. We would like as many people working in as many gardens as possible to appreciate the concepts of community food security, and to be motivated and skilled to grow and market more food.

Our GROW MORE FOOD Campaign aims to:

• Raise awareness of food needs and opportunities to contribute via gardens.
• Raise awareness of garden preservation needs and opportunities to raise gardens' value as community asset -- as food providers.
• Encourage more food growing, marketing and distribution from community gardens -- with a focus on low-income neighborhoods that currently have poor access to fresh produce.

If you want to join this growing network and be part of New Yorkers Growing More Food, please contact JUST FOOD -- info@justfood.org.

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