Heather and Luca Spinelli with the FarmScout app.
Heather and Luca Spinelli with the FarmScout app. ( Photo: Heather Spinelli )

Heather Spinelli and her 12-year-old son, Luca, built an app that helps users find farms, farmers markets, local products and agricultural experiences across the country.

From a Manhattan Apartment, a Mother and Son Grow an app to Find Famers’ Markets
30 Sep 2026 | 05:53
Healthy Manhattan

The quiet hum of tractors and sprawling fields were miles away when the idea for FarmScout began to take shape. Far from the verdant countryside, the concrete jungle on Upper East Side was more likely to be filled with the wail of sirens from an an ambulance, a fire truck or a police cruiser. Added to...

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Author Michael Grynbaum (center) poses with Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal and a firefighter on Sept. 15 after a fire erupted in the building where the Borough Book Club was going to feature the author’s new book, “Empire of the Elite” about the Condé Nastempire. He’s been rescheduled for Oct. 1 at a new location, Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave.
Author Michael Grynbaum (center) poses with Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal and a firefighter on Sept. 15 after a fire erupted in the building where the Borough Book Club was going to feature the author’s new book, “Empire of the Elite” about the Condé Nastempire. He’s been rescheduled for Oct. 1 at a new location, Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave. ( Photo: Courtesy Office of Manhattan Borough President)

That’s One Hot Book! Club Meeting Heads to Larger Venue
28 Sep 2026 | 05:34

One could claim that Brad Hoylman-Sigal picked the hottest book of the year, literally, to feature at...

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