La Finca del Sur sets its sights on reopening in April
On a cold and windy Sunday afternoon, Erica Pantoja came out to La Finca del Sur’s Waking Up the Farm event with her kids, Faith, 12, and Izaiah, 8. Their…
La Finca del Sur plays host to the stage rumba series
Nestled between the Major Deegan Expressway and Metro North train tracks in a gritty section of Port Morris, musicians, dancers and Mott Haven residents braved a mid-July rain to soak…
South Bronx Farmers Market enters second year
The South Bronx Farmers Market on 138th Street, now in its second year of operation, has partnered with community garden La Finca del Sur to sell the locally grown produce.
Entrepreneur builds bridges for upstate inmates
Mott Haven's La Finca del Sur Community Garden is one of a handful of spots around the Bronx where families can pick up nutritious food to bring their loved ones…
Urban farm celebrates Halloween country style
A Mott Haven community garden threw a Halloween party.
Developers eye public housing
Feds ask residents to help plan sweeping change On a walking tour of Mott Haven in June, residents were asked to think big about the kinds of improvements they would…
Community gardens brace for new rules
Mott Haven and Melrose gardeners say they preserve rare green space Mott Haven and Melrose are home to about two-dozen community gardens, lovingly tended green spaces tended by residents, who…