You have to make people understand that things cost something. Otherwise it seems like they have no value. I can't just be giving away rabbits. No. I…

- Novella Carpenter

I don't know Hillary's Clinton stance on urban farming. I don't know Donald Trump's stance or Bernie Sanders's for that matter. But the Obamas have b…

- Novella Carpenter

Anyone who has kids knows that children like to be around chickens, goats, whatever. My kid loves to go out and feed the chickens and collect the egg…

- Novella Carpenter

Urban farming appeals to people on the right and the left. People have different reasons for getting into it. Some people are like doomsdayers, they …

- Novella Carpenter

My argument for that is: Why not create urban farms that are like parks, on public land? There actually is a park that I see as a model: Dover Street…

- Novella Carpenter

I feel that anyone can do farming. But people who are in it for the long haul have to have a little bit of tenacity. You have to do it because you lo…

- Novella Carpenter

Even if you live in New York City, you can have a little basil plant in your window, and that could be considered urban farming.

- Novella Carpenter

I don't think people are like, "I'm going to save the planet by planting my own herbs." But on environmental issues like climate change, there's a se…

- Novella Carpenter

I didn't think that at the beginning. I just wanted to have a garden and a farm and have animals around me. But I do think there's a craving for peop…

- Novella Carpenter