In the News: Covey Rise Farms brings the field to the tables of more than 50 New Orleans restaurants

By Susan Langenhennig, The Times-Picayune
November 02, 2012

http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf/2012/11/covey_rise_farms_brings_the_fi.html

Sandy Sharp’s pickup truck bounced along the dirt road near the vegetable plots at Covey Rise Farms. It was a Saturday afternoon, just after 5 p.m., in late August, the weekend before Hurricane Isaac, and the rolling acreage was damp from a recent rain.

As he piloted around the farm’s perimeter, twin tire marks formed in a wake of wet earth. Behind the wheel, windows rolled up, air conditioner cranking, Sharp swung the vehicle around, giving me the drive-by tour of the vegetables and herbs.

A Food and Farm Center for New Orleans on National Food Day

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Announces Partnership to Build Innovative Food and Farming Center On Site

Location of Growing Local NOLA

In honor of National Food Day, a time to champion affordable, healthy and sustainable food, the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center announced a partnership with the Recirculating Farms Coalition and the New Orleans Food and Farm Network to create a urban food and farming center on 2.5 acres of land owned by the Convention Center, at the corner of Melpomene Street and Tchoupitoulas. The new center, named Growing Local NOLA, will be a hub for research, education, training, and community interaction on growing, marketing, and preparing healthy, fresh food.

In the News: MOTAC and SoFAB forge closer relationship

By Todd A. Price
on October 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM
http://www.nola.com/drink/index.ssf/2012/10/motac_and_sofab_forge_closer_r.html#

In early December, the Museum of the American Cocktail will close temporarily and box up its collection, now located inside the Southern Food and Beverage Museum at the Riverwalk Mall. As food editor Judy Walker reported, the cocktail museum will follow SoFAB to its new location in Central City on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. When MOTAC reopens in 2013, its collection will be reorganized to be more closely integrated into the exhibits at SoFAB. The two institutions also will share a leader, with SoFAB President Liz Williams assuming the position of MOTAC's managing director.

In the News: Lower 9th Ward attempts to prove need for fresh food grocer

By Ben Myers, Staff Writer, New Orleans CityBusiness

http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2012/10/03/lower-9th-ward-attempts-to-prove-need-for-fresh-food-grocer/

 

Lack of a grocery story continues to bedevil Lower 9thWard residents, and the development gridlock boils down to numbers more than anything else.

The combined population of Lower 9-Holy Cross decreased 71.5 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to U.S. Census data compiled by the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. The 2010 figure is 5,556.