105: Stacey Murphy on Urban Farming in Brooklyn
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Stacey has taught hundreds of teens and adults how to grow, harvest and prepare fresh foods. She is a recovering engineer and architect turned garden geek and farm nerd. Stacey founded BK Farmyards, a cooperative of urban farmers in Brooklyn dedicated to social justice through urban agriculture, and helped create over an acre of new farmyards in Brooklyn. She’s been featured on Martha Stewart Radio, PBS online and once appeared on the David Letterman show with a giant radish. She envisions a world where everyone is nourished by the magic of fresh, affordable and culturally exciting food…extra points if it’s homegrown.
Listen in and learn about:
- How a day at the Farmer’s Market changed her life
- Borrowing a neighbor’s yard to start her garden
- What Urban Farming means to her
- David Letterman and her Giant Radish and how she was disappointed4
- How Buckminster Fuller had such a great impact on her life
- How she thinks the government can start to see farmers as a resource
- How farming in Brooklyn is different from other areas
- What she thinks about failing when gardening
- How much of a difference having a gardening mentor made
- Her book series to get kids excited about vegetable gardening
- The Garden Hack Summit
As well as:
- Who has had the biggest influence on her
- Her biggest failure – while being a lazy gardener
- Her biggest success – with a youth farm
- What drives her
- Her advice to Urban Farm podcast listeners
Stacey’s Book:
Coming soon:
My Dinosaur Sat on My Shitake
My Dinosaur Farted in my Greenhouse
Book recommendations:
How to Grow More Vegetables, Eighth Edition by John Jeavons
How can you find Stacey
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