Once Soggy High School Land Now Yields 500 Pounds of Produce Weekly

What once was a barren plot of soggy grass in front of a Brooklyn, N.Y., high school has been turned into a 10,000-square-foot vegetable farm that yields more than 500 pounds of organic produce each week. The principal of the High School for Public Service, along with BK Farmyards, an urban farming collective, conceived the idea. But it was the nearly 150 students who planted more than 60 varieties of vegetables, including lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and corn. The project was designed to teach about healthy eating and provide fresh vegetables to a neighborhood that has limited access. (NY Daily News) Read more.