August 29, 201212 yr The school was demolished to make way for a senior housing complex, but that project fell through. Former school in Old Brooklyn will become farm serving people with disabilities THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012 The 2.3-acre site of a former school in Old Brooklyn that has been fallow since it was torn down in 2008 will once again be used for educational purposes. This time, however, it will be used to teach adults with disabilities and city residents how to farm. In partnership with the City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga Land Bank, Koinonia Homes will transform the former Memphis School into a small farm featuring two greenhouses, a poultry building for fresh eggs, eight crop fields and a community garden. The farm will provide work opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as food for Koinonia's programs. ....Rising Harvest Farms will be located at West 41st and Memphis Avenue. The site will be prepared this fall and the first harvest is expected next season. READ MORE AT: http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/risingharvestfarm082312.aspx "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 29, 201212 yr Birdtown market garden grows with addition of vacant lot on Robin Street In addition to being serious urban farmers, Annabel Khouri and Eric Stoffer, above, are also committed Birdtown homeowners. They bought the house next to their Lark Street plot after it fell into foreclosure. The Local Food Movement is growing in Birdtown. Three years after transforming a vacant Lark Street parcel into an urban market garden, the husband-and-wife team of Eric Stoffer and Annabel Khouri are expanding to another area of the neighborhood. The Bay Branch Farm owners last week acquired the land at 2107 Robin Street from the city for $3,000. The property was stripped of its house in 2010 when the city razed it not long after buying it for $24,000 from Fannie Mae following a foreclosure. http://www.lovelakewood.com/blog/2012/08/24/birdtown-market-garden-grows-with-addition-of-vacant-lot-on-robin-street/
September 21, 201212 yr Urban farms are taking root in Cleveland, bringing home surprising harvests Published: Friday, September 21, 2012, 9:00 AM Updated: Friday, September 21, 2012, 10:04 AM Debbi Snook, The Plain Dealer By Debbi Snook, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Old MacDonald had a farm, but probably not on an abandoned city lot tended by a farmer from Burma and supported by some of the top restaurants in town. Cleveland, however, has such unconventional growing places. After only a few years of operation, they are bringing home surprising harvests. Taut-skinned eggplant and fragrant parsley are being snipped off a row and, within minutes, walked three blocks to Flying Fig, Great Lakes Brewing Co. and other popular dining spots in the city's Ohio City neighborhood. Off East 55th Street, a flower and vegetable farm provides cherished jobs for folks with developmental disabilities. A few forgotten acres in the Kinsman neighborhood are now a green training ground for farming entrepreneurs. And a vineyard in Hough hasn't made its first bottle of wine yet, but the vines look good, and the first cork is expected to pop next year. http://www.cleveland.com/taste/index.ssf/2012/09/urban_farms_are_taking_root_in.html
July 10, 20159 yr Gardens are a great way to use front yards. Cities, read this & rethink your rules. @openalex_ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/illegal-kitchen-garden_n_1687558.html … "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 11, 20159 yr Cleveland's big urban farm gets two grants for growth. https://t.co/vonlvPkgbZ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 16, 20169 yr Cleveland ranks in top 10 for urban farming http://inhabitat.com/top-10-cities-in-the-us-for-urban-farming/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 17, 20177 yr How urban agriculture swept through Greater Cleveland (photos and video) Updated on July 17, 2017 at 7:05 AM Posted on July 17, 2017 at 7:00 AM By Patrick Cooley, cleveland.com pcooleyCleveland[/member].com CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Kinsman Farm, marked by crop-filled fields and surrounded by tall trees and grass filled lots, would seem at home in a rural Ohio county. But the pasture of leafy greens sits in the heart of Cleveland, Ohio's second most populous city. And Kinsman Farm isn't the only field of fruits and vegetables within Cleveland's city limits. It's part of a trend that picked up steam in recent years: urban farming. That practice began 25 to 30 years ago, said Kareem Usher, an assistant professor of city and regional planning at the Ohio State University. But a push by restaurateurs for local ingredients and the desire of city officials to fill empty and unused lots helped fuel the rise of urban agriculture in recent years. MORE: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/07/urban_farms_proliferate_in_cle.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 17, 20177 yr The school was demolished to make way for a senior housing complex, but that project fell through. Former school in Old Brooklyn will become farm serving people with disabilities THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012 The 2.3-acre site of a former school in Old Brooklyn that has been fallow since it was torn down in 2008 will once again be used for educational purposes. This time, however, it will be used to teach adults with disabilities and city residents how to farm. In partnership with the City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga Land Bank, Koinonia Homes will transform the former Memphis School into a small farm featuring two greenhouses, a poultry building for fresh eggs, eight crop fields and a community garden. The farm will provide work opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as food for Koinonia's programs. ....Rising Harvest Farms will be located at West 41st and Memphis Avenue. The site will be prepared this fall and the first harvest is expected next season. READ MORE AT: http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/risingharvestfarm082312.aspx This OB farm still exists 4 years later although its programming shrank (http://risingharvestfarms.org/news-events/3851017), have discontinued their CSA, and at least a portion of the property is now being used by Vino Veritas Cellars, a winery. I support the idea but people forget how much physical labor is still involved (my brother in law runs a very small CSA) in local farming and how much you have to charge in order to make a living wage will limit the amount of customers who are able to afford local food; and eating local requires a lifestyle change (shopping and cooking more often; eating items that they aren't used to eating) for many people. Reading the article that Ken posted today reminded me that the soil's mediocrity - former sites being industrial uses and the fact that the debris of demolished houses in Cleveland was just buried at the site of demolition (and found in the soil) are 2 significant obstacles for would-be urban farmers.
October 16, 20186 yr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 6, 20196 yr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 6, 20196 yr 30 minutes ago, YABO713 said: Wife and I just signed up for the Ohio City farm share. Hope it's worth it! What's great about farm shares is that you'll get vegetable you are not familiar with and learn new recipes. BTW, Congrats. Doesn't it feel good to say "wife"?
March 12, 20196 yr And the greenhouses look so cool at night.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 24, 20195 yr Wonder if BZA will tell Fayeq "Baaaah!"? Board of Zoning Appeals NOVEMBER 4, 2019 Calendar No. 19-237: 13459 Wainfleet Ave. Ward 16 Brian Kazy 21 Notices Fayeq Hassouneh, owner, and Thamer Mohamad Tajer, tenant, propose to keep 3 goats, 6 sheep and 20 chickens on a 5,120 square foot lot in an A1 One-Family Residential District. The owner appeals for relief from the strict application of the following sections of the Cleveland Codified Ordinances: 1. Section 347.02(b)(1)(a) which states that in a residential district, one chicken may be kept for each 800 square feet of lot area. 6 chickens are permitted, 20 are proposed. 2. Section 347.02(c)(1) which states that in Residential Districts, no goats, pigs, sheep or similar farm animals shall be kept on a parcel of land less than twenty-four thousand (24,000) square feet in area. The subject property is 5,120 square feet. (Filed September 19, 2019) http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/bza/agenda/2019/crr11-04-2019.pdf "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 21, 20205 yr Bringing this thread back to life- I'm on the committee of Ben Franklin Community Garden in Old Brooklyn and had the opportunity to be on the CDC's facebook live today to talk about the garden and whatnot. If you have a green thumb there's still some plot openings!
May 23, 20205 yr Spent the day plotting out the garden...one plow closer to opening day! Edited June 29, 20204 yr by GISguy
June 8, 20205 yr Snapped this last night as I was closing up. It's crazy how rapid things start moving once the garden is ready to go... PS- if you want to work on your green thumb we still do have some spots left! Edited June 8, 20205 yr by GISguy
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