Noah Henyon

Astor Place is a GrowNYC Greenmarket open from 8am-5pm June through November (as of 2023) with local farms Halal Pastures Organic no-spray farm and southern NJ Kernan Farm and with Francesca's Bakery. The location is just south of Lafayette St by 4th ave near 8th Street. Halal Pastures has a wide and special varieties of vegetables and fruits including potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, leafy greens, fresh herbs, corn, melons. Francesca's Bakery has savory and sweet baked goods and granola with ingredients from local farms, including a spinach knish, blueberry corn bread, and buckwheat apple tart.

Oak Grover Plantation Farm at the Union Square Greenmarket is a no-spray farm and has a very large selection of peppers from sweet to seasoning to spicy when when they come in season in the summer, as well as many varieties of plants, herbs, grains, baked goods, and vegetables. One if not the only farm to have no-spray peaches. The farm is not certified organic, but follows organic practices in many cases beyond organic.

A pleasant, small, fenced in garden open specific times of the day right off of 8th Avenue at Jane Street.