NEW YORK -- As Linda Crosby hastily chopped fresh escarole for a cooking demonstration at the opening day of a small farmers' market in Chelsea, she lamented the lack of access to fresh vegetables in her neighborhood.
"They're closing down markets to put up pet salons," said Crosby, a single mother of seven who lives in New York City's public housing development Fulton Houses.
She was one of many residents participating in the launch of the new market, an initiative aimed at giving Fulton Houses inhabitat access to farm-fresh produce. The new project is a collaboration between the Chelsea public housing development; Fulton Youth of the Future, a non-profit organization for youth in Fulton Houses and nearby housing developments; and Holton Farms, a 200-year-old, family-run farm in Vermont that uses sustainable farming methods and recently achieved organic certification for half of its 250-acre farm.
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