After taking a hiatus during last year’s growing season to work on much-needed infrastructure projects at Downing Park Urban Farm (DPUF), we are up and running again and eager to provide the Newburgh community with fresh produce this year! We are in production already, both in our own renovated hoop houses and at SUNY Orange’s greenhouse (thank you, SUNY Orange, for partnering with us!).

We have some exciting updates to share – this year we’ll be expanding the number of farmers markets we visit weekly, and we’ll be accepting EBT payments in 2025 both at farmers markets and at DPUF which is an important step in making fresh, local, and nutritious produce accessible to all.

We’re also expanding into cut flower production at DPUF in 2025. Selling cut flowers on the retail and wholesale markets is a new, innovative way we can earn much-needed revenue to keep the farm operating so we can continue to meet one of our major goals – to donate much of the produce grown on the farm to local food pantries and soup kitchens. We’ll be offering bouquet subscriptions this year, as well as selling bouquets at farmers markets and at DPUF weekly. Look for an announcement about flower subscriptions soon, and please remember, when you purchase flowers from NUFFI, you are playing a big part in our mission to address food and nutrition insecurity in Newburgh.

NEWBURGH URBAN FARMING FAIR 2025

If you’re interested in seeing all the changes at DPUF, please join us on Saturday, April 26th for the 9th Annual Newburgh Urban Farming Fair. Besides offering tours of the farm, the day will be filled with fun – including live music, a children’s theatrical production, storytelling, face painting, food, crafts, vendors, soil testing, educational demos and workshops, and FREE seedlings to get your own garden going! Meet our farm manager, visit with Orange County Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners & 4H Club, get your soil tested by NYC Urban Soils Institute, learn about gardening in your own backyard or in containers, enjoy food from local food trucks, meet your neighbors and enjoy the day! This is a free event and everyone is invited to attend.

If you’d like to volunteer, be a vendor, donate a raffle prize, or sponsor the day’s events, please email development@nuffi.org

Learn More About the Urban Farming Fair

Newburgh Urban Farm and Food, Inc. (NUFFI) in Newburgh NY is hiring a seasonal assistant grower for the Downing Park Urban Farm (DPUF). The position begins on March 31st and goes through the end of November.
DPUF produces thousands of pounds of fresh produce annually, most of which is donated to local food pantries.
**To apply, please send a resume and cover letter with references to dpuffarmer@nuffi.org**

Interviews will be held until the position is filled.
A small percentage of produce is sold on a weekly basis from the farm and farmers markets. The farm also produces cut flowers. Sales of produce and flowers are used to support our mission to meet the nutritional and food needs of people in our community. Ideal candidates have at least two seasons of farming/gardening production experience; experience working with volunteers; and selling at Farmers’ Markets. Compensation is $20/hour with paid time off.

Click here for full job description & information

NEWBURGH FOOD PROJECT:

TURNING INSIGHT INTO ACTION

Join us on Tuesday, June 3rd at 5:30PM, at the Activity Center located at the Delano-Hitch Recreation Park, 401 Washington Street. We’ll share the initial findings of the Newburgh Food Project and talk about next steps we can take together as a community to continue to address food and nutrition insecurity in the City of Newburgh. Everyone knows that any great meeting has great food so we’ll be sharing some delectable refreshments from a surprise source – you won’t want to miss it!

More information will follow; please save the date now!

For more information about the Newburgh Food Project, click here.