Thanks to the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Community Supported Agriculture project, members of the PLG community now have the option to enjoy affordable, fresh-picked organic vegetables during the growing season. Many PlG residents have joined the group and now receive their vegetables each Tuesday at the local distribution point. The CSA project was started 4 years ago by neighbors looking for a convenient way to bring healty, fresh vegetables to their tables.
Prospect Lefferts Gardens Community Supported Agriculture is a partnership between people in our Brooklyn neighborhood and Woodbridge Farm in Connecticut. In the spring, members purchase a “share” in the farm. This gives the farmers much needed financing for purchasing seeds and other supplies. In return, the farm delivers a portion of the harvest to members every week throughout the growing season, from late May through early November. Members get a variety of vegetables throughout the season, all organic and freshly picked.
In addition to vegetables, shares in fruits are available. There are also add-ons for dairy products and pasta, and special orders for beef and pork products are available.
For more information and details about the PLG Community Supported Agriculture project visit their website at http://www.plgcsa.org.
By the end of the 19th Century, factories rather than farms became the dominant mode of production in the United States. As the industrializing city became more congested and polluted, the notion of the single-family house as haven from the pressures of city life, apart from offices and factories, and as a place for the family to gather became increasingly popular. For middle-class New Yorkers, the protected environment of the family home gained the status of a cultural ideal. This led to a demand for new living spaces, transforming areas such as Flatbush from fields and farming villages to suburban residential developments.
The architectural structure of Lefferts Manor as a rowhouse neighborhood has survived virtually unchanged since the time of its development. By 1899 four houses were built and sold. 507 homes were constructed between 1905 and 1922. The final three houses were built on Maple Street in 1952.
