Episode 610 - Farming in America's Biggest City addthis
Farming in America's Biggest City
Farmers markets provide urban and suburban residents a chance to buy fresh products and to meet farmers and ranchers and learn more about where food comes from. Explore a farm-to-fork connection on a working farm in a most unexpected location: New York City.


The Queens County Farm Museum dates back to 1697. It constitutes the Big Apple’s largest remaining undisturbed farmland. The site includes historic farm buildings, a greenhouse complex, livestock, farm vehicles, and planting fields where the museum staff raises a variety of crops. The museum not only preserves a historical site but helps share modern farming practices with city folk.

  

Links
The Queens County Farm Museum
New York Farm Bureau
New York State Department of Agriculture

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The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, Farm Credit, and the United Soybean Board make presentation of America's Heartland possible.
American Farm Bureai Foundation for Agriculture            Farm Credit           United Soybean Board


Additional production and promotion assistance is provided by
The American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, U.S. Grains Council,
National Association of Wheat Growers, and the National FFA Organization.

 

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