Eagle Street Rooftop Farm Up Close

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The Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, a 6,000-square-foot project atop a warehouse in Greenpoint, opened for its second season in April; we finally stopped by for a close look at the organic operation this week. The farm’s CSA program, running June-November, is currently full, but Sunday Market Days are a chance for the public to purchase from the harvest. Annie Novak, the farm’s operator for 2010, says that kale, radishes, and salad mixes are among the best crops right now. In addition, rooftop honey is harvested from two beehives (with plans to install two more this year). You can also taste these local products at various area restaurants, including Anella, Eat, Marlow & Sons, Manducati Rustica, Pauli Gee’s, Vesta, and at the monthly Greenpoint Food Market. Besides providing local produce and operating a viable green rooftop farm, Eagle Street’s main mission is to spread urban agricultural knowledge and provide opportunities for community members to be directly involved in growing the produce they buy. Toward that end, volunteers are welcome and each Sunday at 2pm the farm hosts a workshop on a varying agricultural topic. This Sunday, join experts from the Lower East Side Ecology Center, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, the Western Queens Compost Initiative and North Brooklyn Composting Project for a session on composting. More information is available on the group’s website. GMAP