TeamRock Visits Edgemere Farm, November 02, 2013

Food entrepreneur David Selig invited us to visit his new venture, an urban farm being developed in partnership with educator and beer-family heir Matt Sheehan on Beach 46th Street.

Seeking “hyperlocal vertical integration,” Selig gives examples of how Edgemere Farm could mitigate food deserts and cultivate community: sublease plots of land for individuals to grow their own ingredients (whether for restaurants, households or grocery stores), and /or explore, through Matt’s connections, producing “Rockaway Hopps” for breweries to use in their namesake beers…

Either way, Selig insists they are not an NPO but a farm intent to grow for market. “We’d rather kids have an interest in agriculture than gardening.”