The Alternative Press

PATERSON, NJ - City Green community garden and environmental education non-profit opens its Farm Stands  and Moblile Markets in June in Paterson.  Shoppers will receive double the value of WIC coupons, FMNP vouchers and EBT cards for fresh produce at the following locations this summer:

Paterson markets open every Tuesday:

City Green Farmstand

11AM – 6PM

Paterson Main Branch Post Office

Vest Pocket Park on the corner of Straight St and Market St. Opening June 12^th

City Green Mobile Market – stopping at:

Rosa Parks Market 12PM – 1pm – Opening June 5th

Corner of Rosa Parks Blvd. and Fulton Street

Presidential Park Market – 2-3PM – Opening June 5^th

Presidential Blvd. and W. Broadway

Seniors’ Markets

every other Tuesday 10AM – 11AM

William Griffin Senior Housing

199 Carol Street

Riverside Veteran’s Senior Center 165  5^th Avenue

165 5^th Avenue

City Green will have available an assortment of fresh produce grown at the City Green Learning Garden in Paterson and from their new location at Schultheis Farm on Grove Street in Clifton.

City Green Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 urban farming, gardening and environmental education organization based in Clifton, New Jersey.  It offers practical, technical and financial support to revitalize urban communities and currently is working in Clifton, Paterson and Jersey City among others. For more information contact Jennifer Papa, Founder and Executive Director of City Green, Inc. at 973-800-8197 or visit www.citygreenonline.org.