Restoration’s Center for Healthy Neighborhoods brings you our Fresh series sharing information on where you can access affordable/free, fresh, and locally grown produce here in Central Brooklyn. Partnering with Beautifully Fed we also provide you with recipes and videos with culinary tips to help you prepare your favorite seasonal produce.
Food Access:
Restoration hosts a FREE weekly Farm Share distribution at our Bed-Stuy North site - 630 Flushing Avenue at 12pm on Fridays.
Looking for other local and low-cost food options in Brooklyn? Check out these sites where you can access locally grown goods:
- Woodhull Farmers' Market
- Wednesdays, July 29 to November 25
- 9am - 2pm
- Broadway and Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn
- RiseBoro Bushwick Farmers’ Market
- May through November
- Saturdays, 9am - 4pm
- Maria Hernandez Park at Knickerbocker Avenue between Starr Street & Suydam Street
- Hattie Carthan Community Farmers' Market
- July through November
- Wednesdays - Marcy Avenue & Clifton Place - 1pm - 6pm (Holistic Market)
- Sundays - 49 Van Buren St. - 1pm - 6pm
- The Campaign Against Hunger Farm Stand
- July through November
- Tuesdays – Fridays - 9am to 2pm
- Saturdays - 8am – 3pm
- 1965-1971 Fulton Street
- Brooklyn Supported Agriculture
- A weekly subscription of local, organic, or sustainably grown produce, from the farm to our community, starting at $25.
Recipes
Click the links below to try out nutritional recipes from Beautifully Fed! Recipes to be added each week through October.
- Rosemary Eggplant Pizza
- Cucumber Pearled Couscous Salad
- Tangy Beet Carrot Apple Slaw
- Tomato Braised Eggplant with Pipe Rigate
- Kale & Carrot Fried Rice
For more from Beautifully Fed, follow their Instagram @iambeautifullyfed and reach them by email at hello@beautifullyfedfood.com.
Tips & Tricks
Do you want to learn about food, recipes, culinary techniques, and/or other things food-related? Well, Beautifully Fed will share their knowledge with you in a fun, informative, and easy-to-digest culinary vlog.