Community Garden Magazine Issue Eight April 2016 Community Garden Magazine Issue Eight April 2016 | Page 6

“596 Acres”

Turning Your Lot Into A Food Production Space
SIX SIMPLE STEPS TO TURN ANY NYC LOT INTO A FOOD PRODUCTION SPACE

1. Test your soil. Assume it's toxic, but you might as well know. You can get soil tests
through Brooklyn College. You might also be interested in an Environmental Protection
Agency report, Brownfields and Urban Agriculture: Interim Guidelines for Safe
Gardening Practices. (I b