A few weeks ago, when Gregg was shopping at the Union Square Greenmarket, he ran into Shelley Rogers, director of the delightful, dirt-defending documentary What’s Organic About Organic? Turned out she needed a load of organic Florida watermelons delivered to six Manhattan restaurants below 59th Street, as part of a promotion for the film’s week-long… Continue Reading

Here’s what Alisa Gravitz, Executive Director of Green America, has to say about the BP oil spill: “[A]s heartbreaking a disaster as this is, it’s critical that we remember.  It’s not a natural disaster.  It’s not an aberration. It isn’t even a surprise! “It’s only the latest in a series of economic and environmental disasters… Continue Reading

Rush-hour traffic at a Lincoln Tunnel entrance…yawn…what else is new? But wait! What’s that in the foreground? It’s a roof…it’s a shipping container…it’s a farm! More precisely, it’s Lincoln Tunnel Farm, installed this spring atop the Beta shipping container (40′ x 8′ x 8′) in RR’s parking lot. We’re growing lettuce, spicy greens, hardy greens,… Continue Reading

Organic Transport for New York: Moving People & Cargo by Pedal Power Tuesday, May 11: 7:30-9:30pm Trike is the new truck! Join Revolution Rickshaws for a lively slide presentation on the present and future of pedal-powered cargo and passenger transport in NYC. Learn how an average human can pedal 500+ pounds around town, without fuel…. Continue Reading