Want to visit a local farm in Manhattan?

The Battery Urban Farm is an educational farm where NYC students, locals, and visitors experience sustainable farming, taste organic fresh foods, and learn environmental stewardship. The farm was developed in 2011 by The Battery Conservancy in response to a request for a vegetable garden by students from a local high school. It now engages thousands of students and community volunteers who annually grow thousands of pounds of vegetables, fruits, herbs, grains, and flowers.

Volunteers assist with a range of tasks to maintain vegetable and forest farms, depending on what’s needed. Activities may include harvesting produce for donations, layering and turning compost, bed prep, weeding, mulching, and planting.

There might even be an opportunity to take home some fresh produce as a token of your hard work!