The Connected Chef, Inc. — Local services in New York

FARM STAND: 2-5PM Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays COMPOST DROP-OFF: 8:30am-3:30pm Friday, 9am-2pm Saturday (subject to change)

Connected Chef provides composting drop-off and locally sourced groceries from NY, NJ, & PA areas while supporting food-insecure families with their Lifeline Grocery Initiative. They operate on specific hours that are mainly weekend-focused, but they have events with live music and local vendors from Astoria and other neighboring areas.

The Farm stand includes an assortment of produce, including lettuce, carrots, onions and garlic, shallots, tomatoes, celery, apples and fruit, and more. They have goods such as beans, honey, granola, and hot sauce, and when the vendors are there during Saturday there are sweets and desserts including cupcakes, cookies, and empanadas made by small businesses in the area. They also feature events for kids, cooking, and camp/holiday specific activities. There's always something going on, and worth checking out.

They utilize their space well and have little garden planters and the compost pile boxes are also lined on the side. It's a large space where I see them load and unload produce in during the mornings of their operating days. A great spot to stop by if you are closeby the waterfront on a walk or run, and supporting a great cause in the community while providing produce when there is no greenmarket available in the...

A very helpful place. Great produce. As me and my wife just got a apartment after being in a shelter for 3 years. No family no one to help. We still need help getting by in food til our money budget food stamps arrive. This place if you come after 3pm on Friday they can help limited though some who come with left overs they don't sell. U can also go online to order boxes. If you can please do. For what you buy. Help many like me my wife and other families get food. When they run out. Average prices of these boxes that are not free are 25 to 45, once a week. If you can advise anyone to go buy if they can do they can continue to help the needed. Which at times we...

I just learned at The Connected Chef garden that they are being evicted by a “longtime LIC family” that is selling it to a developer. I don’t know the facts however maybe this family can host this valuable community farm stand at one of their other properties on 5th Street in Hunters Point and have the development sponsors build affordable housing for other longtime families who will be impacted by the...