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Hidden NYC: Battery Urban Farm is A Real Working Farm in Downtown Manhattan
When you think about Manhattan's Financial District, what's the first thing you picture? The imposing facade of the New York Stock Exchange? The iconic Charging Bull sculpture? The 9/11 Memorial Museum? Whatever the image, I bet it's not a farm... but maybe it should be. The seed for the Battery Urban Farm, located in FiDi's Battery Park, was planted in 2010 when eight students from a neighborhood high school asked the Battery Conservancy if they could grow a small vegetable garden in the green space. Four years later, the one-acre educational farm engages thousands of NYC students and residents from April to November, hosts a pair of popular annual family festivals and educatonal programs.
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The Battery Urban Farm features more than 100 varieties of organically-grown veggies, fruits, flowers, grains and plants. Not only is this is great way for kids to learn about the farm-to-table movement, it also inspires participants to make healthier eating choices. Plus, thousands of pounds of produce are donated to public school cafeterias and a pair of downtown food pantries
Although some of the farm's programs are strictly for schools or organized groups, there are activities that are open to the public, too, including festivals, kid and family tours and, playscape activity stations and performances.
Of course there are plenty of other fun things to do with kids in Battery Park so be sure to spend some time exploring the 25-acre green space, which is run by the Battery Conservancy. The farm just happens to be one of its most fabulous secrets.
Battery Urban Farm is located in Battery Park, just inside the lawn on State Street between Bridge and Pearl Streets.
All photos are courtesy of the Battery Conservancy
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Battery Urban Farm
