Vapor-wares

Well here it is Spring 2010 and Gotham Greens seems to have yet to file a single permit for their planned Jamaica Queens rooftop hydroponic farm.

Note that neither Queens Boro President Helen Marshall, nor her staff contacted us with this stunning setback for GG. This may be because Ms. Marshall probably still refers to Queens as "Gateway to the 1939 World's Fair" which made such an impression on her at the tender age of 10. It can be hard to keep up with all the changes going on in this land of contrasts.

It was Mrs. McCully (or MacGuffy) in the NYC Department of Buildings who gruffly answered the phone and admitted that there were no applications, no permits, no inspections and no certificates for 148-02 Archer Avenue, Jamaica.

Metro Ag Innoversity confab

Were you at the Metropolitan Agriculture Innoversity international confabulation last week, Feb 10th ? Logically it was held in Beverly Hills. That's Beverly Hills, Michigan of course.


You know it was a winner with a mission statement like this:

To Explore Innovation And Integration in Food and Agricultural Systems That Can Contribute to Sustainable Development in Urban Settings

I was there and wow, what food for thought.

Temple of Green

The Temple of the Restoration at 148-02 Archer Ave, Jamaica, Queens, NY must answer to a higher authority. The NYC Department of Buildings has clocked it for sundry building violations.

But a planned cover-up may help. The Queens Courier reported last month that Gotham Greens plans to build a 10,000 square foot (quarter acre) hydroponic roof-top greenhouse.

Mind you this is next to the diesel-spewing Long Island Railroad tracks. Mmm, I can almost taste those nano-carcinogen Buckyballs infused into my tomatoes.