Nolasco Farms hails from 24 acres in Hackettstown, NJ. Sergio Nolasco comes from a long family tradition of farming in the hilly town of Atzala, located in Puebla, Mexico. Formerly employed as a factory worker in the garment district, Sergio found in farming an opportunity to "grow the stuff that I always wanted to buy in the market, but could never find. And it was a chance to be my own boss." (Fernanda Santos, NY Times, ) With the help of the New Farmer Development Project with The Council on the Environment of New York City, Sergio enrolled in courses designed to prepare new immigrant farmers with the knowledge and resources to start farms in the USA. With the help of the program, he procured a small 4 acre piece of land in Yorktown Heights just 2 years ago. This will be his first season on a larger plot in New Jersey.
With a family of 4 living in Queens, it's not easy to manage a farm 7 days a week from sunup to sundown. But with the help of his wife Paz, Sergio sells at market in the Bronx, and also serves the South Bronx and Ft. Greene CSAs. The CSA in Bushwick this year will offer much of the largely Latino community living here affordable access to culturally relevant foods that are local and pesticide-free.
With a family of 4 living in Queens, it's not easy to manage a farm 7 days a week from sunup to sundown. But with the help of his wife Paz, Sergio sells at market in the Bronx, and also serves the South Bronx and Ft. Greene CSAs. The CSA in Bushwick this year will offer much of the largely Latino community living here affordable access to culturally relevant foods that are local and pesticide-free.
Sergio Nolasco of Nolasco Farms
