Staten Island, the original Organic farming town

Reblogged from Secret Staten Island:

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2876 Arthur Kill Road (between Bloomingdale and Sharrotts Roads), Rossville, S.I.

A farm since the late 1700s, and an organic farm from the 1940s, Gericke Farm is a 22-acre tract maintained and developed for production,marketing, and environmental education and outreach, using approximately 8 acres of cropland to grow vegetables, tree fruits, brambles, grapes, herbs, flowers, perennials, native plants, and to raise bees and chickens.

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This is reblogged from one of my favorite blogs, Secret Staten Island. As the growing season starts and with the growing trends of community supported agriculture and organic farming, this farm story comes from the least likely of places. Staten Island today has only one remaining farm.