Phoenix Press Farm Flood Plan
Kale from Phoenix Press Farm
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>> The site is sitauted on the sacred homelands of the Quinnipiac nation, the descendants of indigenous people who occupied so-called Connecticut for over 8,000 years and steward the shores of Fair Haven for generations before the colonist arrived. To pay respects, the proposed ‘ownership’ of the land will go back to the Quinnipiac nation through a Land Back Agreement with the City of New Haven.
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PHOENIX PRESS FARM The land was given to New Haven Farms after the Phoenix Press experienced an extreme flooding event that eroded the shoreline around 2015. New Haven Farms prepped the land with geo-textiles and trucked in new soil, as the flood water has contaminated the already toxic earth (due to previous industrial waste). The farm holds events for Gather New Haven. Produce is sold at the English Garden Farm Stand, another community garden north of
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the site. The market accepts Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman, Infants, and Children (WIP), and Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT). Food boxes are sent every Tuesday and Friday as part of the Farm Wellness Program, a partnership with New Haven Community Health Center to provide fresh low glycemic food for patients with diabetes. The farm also partners with Peels and Wheels to set up compost infrastructure on-site.
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Bin / storage harvesting collard greens
Bin / storage harvesting kale
Washing station. carrots to send for Farm Wellness Program 6
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Phoenix Press Farm composting wind-turbine powered
Phoenix Press Farm Croptoberfest is held every year to celebrate harvest with the community.
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Community Health Center Serves community of Fair Haven. Distributes farm baskets of food to families with patients who have diabetes.
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Fair Haven Farm-Based Wellness Program Centred around growing food, cooking and nutrition education, the program seeks to positively impact health, social capital, and food security.
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The Growing Entrepreneurs Program high school students in the New Haven community develop agriculture, carpentry, and business ventures.
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Phoenix Press Farm Part of Farm Wellness Program. Holds events for Gather New Haven and sells produce at the English Garden Farm Stand. Phoenix Press
John S. Martinez School 83.7% of students eligible for free or reduced price meals. Class visits to Phoenix Press Farm every Tuesday from 11:00 - 11:30am.
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FOOD SECURITY & APARTHEID IN FAIR HAVEN The average percent of students participating in the Free and Reduced lunch program at schools in Fair Haven is 80. Along Grand Ave., the main street in Fair Haven, there are various grocery stores accepting Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)--an electronic system with allows participants to pay for food using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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Gather New Haven, a interorganizational collaboration between New Haven Farms and New Haven Land Trust, also accept SNAP, WIC, and EBT at the Farm Stand--located at Ferry Street Farm in Fair Haven(613 Ferry Street). Farm-Based Wellness, a signature program of Gather New Haven, partnered with fair Haven Community Health Center to bring participants boxes of fresh vegetables and fruits grown in farm sites.
Image from Gather New Haven Ferry Street Farm
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Phoenix Press Farm Gather New Haven
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Fair Haven Farm-Based Wellness Program Centered around growing food, cooking and nutrition education, the program seeks to positively impact health, social capital, and food security.
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Peels and Wheel composting kitchen
The Growing Entrepreneurs Program high school students in the New Haven community develope agriculture, carpentry, and buisness ventures. sharing knowledge Library
Phoenix Press Farm
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Sewage & Stormwater Treatment
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Phoenix Press Sustainable printing
Phoenix Press Farm Gather New Haven: Wellness Program
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Abandoned building owned by City of New Haven
GL Capasso Structural restoration contractors
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2020 Piles are driven into the ground on a 9m grid.
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10 Year Flood Event (+ 12in & 20in) Hyperaccumulators are planted on the site to remediate the soil on the site -- which has been contaminated due to industrial processes.
30 Year Flood Event (+ 12in & 20in) Oyster and water is introduced to the chinampas to filter pollutants out of the water.
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BLACK WATER TREATMENT - based on Bheri Wastewater Aquaculture of the Bengalese, India 1.
Anaerobic Ponds: sewage & stormwater oysters + hyperacculumaters
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Pre-treatment Ponds (25 - 30 days) Pre-treatment ponds to stabilize waste through sedimentation. Oysters are grown on the base structure to filter the sewage.
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Fertilization Ponds (2 - 5m deep) The pH of the water must be acidic to kill pathogens and allow the fish to grow.
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Stocking Pond (1 - 5m deep & 10 - 40 days) Fish remove pathogens, heavy metals (with the aid of hyperaccumulators), Biochemical Oxygen Demand, and Dissolved Organic Carbon.
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Maturation Pond (1 - 3m deep & 10 - 25 days)
Remove phosphorous and Biochemical Oxygen Demand from water. Fish can soon be harvested.
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Precedent: Reconstrucciรณn Integral del Hรกbitat en Guendalizaa by Comunal Taller open - air module indoor module farm module
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Radishes harvested from Phoenix Press Farm