Origins of the Farm

The farming at battery park was first an idea by millennium high school students who wanted to grow food in the area. After the parks department caught wind of the proposal, they decided to make it a much larger project involving more than just one school. After a large amount of bamboo was donated to the project a designer by the name of Scott Dougan created what he envisioned as the fence of the farm. Inspired by the turkey Zelda who lives and wanders battery park, he shaped the fence of the farm to her shape. The farm was officially launched April 11th and has been incredibly successful since then.