by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Farming, Fashion, Flowers, Gardening
“Social and environmental responsibility was expected from me by my school and my family at a young age . . . It never felt like a choice; it was always just common sense.” —Lily Scout Kwong OCCUPATION: I’m a creative director working in landscape and fashion. I...
by admin | Mar 17, 2018 | Fashion, Flowers
Kenzo La Collection Memento fall 2018. Photo: Courtesy of Kenzo/www.mohamedkhalil.com Kenzo’s Paris Fashion Week show was not only a vegetarian art history–lover’s dream, but also a major freakebana fashion moment. Kenzo Takada, who founded his eponymous fashion label...
by admin | Nov 20, 2017 | Farming, Flowers
It’s pronounced “freak-eh-ba-na.” On a recent Thursday in lower Manhattan, I sat at the well-worn kitchen table of artist-chef Laila Gohar. At the edge of the wooden surface, nestled among an open wine bottle and some tasteful pottery, lay a humble sweet potato, into...
by admin | Mar 27, 2017 | Farming, Flowers, Gardening, Resistance
“I will end… with a little scene that took place in the last months of peace. They were the most terrible months of my life, for, helplessly and hopelessly, one watched the inevitable approach of war. One of the most horrible things at that time was to listen on...
by admin | Mar 27, 2017 | Farming, Flowers
Flower farmer Erin Benzakein, of Floret Farm — whose upcoming classes sold out just minutes after she posted them and whose book, “Cut Flower Garden,” out this month, is responsible for inspiring a burgeoning generation to change their lives and take up farming....
