Field Meridians, an artist collective rooted in Crown Heights, is planting seeds for a public food forest in central Brooklyn. In the winter of 2025, we convened a weekly collective visioning process for a food forest that would address food insecurity, climate resiliency, and environmental racism. With our neighbors, Field Meridians is braiding together art making practice, environmental justice, and collective visioning to build a resilient civic space—an edible ecosystem as classroom. Our goals:
- Model food sovereignty through public access to nutrient-dense, culturally-appropriate foods
- Expand and protect green infrastructure to build resilience to climate change
- Anchor artist-facilitated education program in a living community hub
- Form a Community Land Trust to protect Crown Heights from private development
Join Field Meridians with Friends of Brower Park for a special Juneteenth tour of Brower Park’s edible canopy and pollinator garden, and learn more about the local community’s efforts to establish a food forest in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Register below!
