Photo by Valery Rizzo
In the wake of 2012’s Hurricane Sandy, Edgemere Farm’s founders transformed an abandoned city-owned lot on Beach 45th Street into a lush and productive space, where a wide variety of fresh and organically-grown vegetables, flowers, and herbs are now cultivated. Chickens, bees, and many varieties of pollinators call the farm home as well.
Supported by NYC Parks / GreenThumb, GrowNYC, and Partnerships For Parks, the farm is a volunteer-run, zero-profit organization with a mission of education, food justice, and increasing capacity for both the production of food and the processing of food waste on the Rockaway Peninsula.
Providing the surrounding Edgemere community (a federally-designated “food desert”) access to fresh produce and education is a core part of our mission.
To that end, we strive to be a place of teaching and learning about growing with our neighbors and friends of all ages and backgrounds.
We also partner with local restaurants and local brewery Bright Eye Beer Co., collecting their spent brewing grains and hops, as part of one of New York City’s only fully-functional closed-loop organic waste initiatives.
Photo by Valery Rizzo
Come visit!
We’re located at:
385 Beach 45th St.
Far Rockaway, NY 11691
(347) 754-7336
Open April 3 - November 16, 2024
Volunteer: Wed - Sat, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. (sign up HERE)
Visit: Wed & Thu, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Fri, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. | Sat, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Where to buy our products:
Farmstand at Edgemere Farm
Every Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., May 24 to November 8, 2024
Rockaway Market Street @ Beach 60th
Every Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., June 15 to October 12, 2024 at the Beach 60th Street stop on the A Train in Far Rockaway, NY.
Composting:
Drop off food scraps for composting anytime, year-round.
We accept: Food waste, including egg shells and coffee grounds.
We do not accept: Garden weeds, meat, dairy, fish, cooking oil, compostable plastic, wax-coated or adhesive paper.
Contact us to learn more…
Photo by Valery Rizzo