The Story of East New York @ FKL

This Project EATS site was built on the Franklin K.Lane High School Campus in the East New York community of Brooklyn. 

Winter/Spring 2010 

Brooklyn Laboratory H.S. and Franklin K. Lane students in the Project EATS after school program initially built and farmed 20, 4' x 8' beds at  site with the EATS farmers.  They developed basic skills in building raised beds, seeding, transplanting, and watering crops.

At the end of the school year they harvest crops for a school-wide tasting.

Spring/Summer 2010

Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) worked with Project EATS farmers to maintain the site.

Fall/Winter 2010

Brooklyn Laboratory HS students who participated in the Project EATS after school program expanded their farm skills to include building cold hoops and farming and harvesting fall and winter crops.

Spring/Summer 2011

EATS Farmers redesigned the farm space for greater efficiency and production.  Students worked with farmers to rebuild the beds into 4' x 16' farm spaces. 

They learned how to seed, transplant, thin for higher yields, and harvest alongside EATS farmers. 

A student in the school program was selected to work as a Project EATS Summer Fellow.

The site was maintained  and harvest by EATS Farmers and Fellows during the summer.  Harvest from the school was made available to local/seasonal restaurants and through Project EATS' Community Markets to residents in East New York and Brownsville.