A garden grows on Simpson Street
Libertad Urban Farm continues to operate as a lifeline of healthy food for residents, even as Longwood undergoes a construction boom that is transforming the neighborhood.
Tanya Fields
Break-ins decimate Longwood garden
A popular Longwood community garden is clawing its way back after it was broken into on three consecutive days in early August, and most of its tools and produce stolen.
Waterfront planners receive $20M grant
A team of planners and engineers has been awarded $20 million in federal funding to enact a plan to protect and revitalize the Hunts Point waterfront.
Urban farm coming to Hunts Point
The city has granted Tanya Fields, executive director of the BLK Projek, permission to open an urban farm on a city-owned lot at Simpson and Barretto streets—until they find a developer interested in building there.
Fresh food boards the bus
A food justice activist wants the city’s first mobile food market to roll in the South Bronx.
Neighborhood voices: Occupy our green spaces?
By Tanya Fields Residents of Mott Haven, Longwood and Hunts Point deal with a shortage
Occupy the Bronx takes action at home
Even before police evicted Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park, its local affiliate Occupy the
In the news, August 26-September 9
General Colin L. Powell will be returning to his Longwood roots on Thursday, Sept 9th
In Bolivia, activists see Hunts Point in a mirror
Grassroots organizations from Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven and Melrose were well-represented at an international