Urban Farming: Tracking Farm Subsidies in New York's 10014 and Greenwich's 06830 Zip Codes

These amounts are peanuts (a highly subsidized crop) compared to some of the big row crop operators in the midwest and the rice producers in Arkansas and cotton growers of the south and California.
According to Forbes, 10014 is the country's fifth most expensive Zip Code with a median home sales price of $3,785,445.

Here are the top ten subsidy recipients, courtesy of EWG's Farm Subsidy Database:

Rank	Name	Location	Subsidy Total 1995-2009
1	National Audubon Society	New York, NY 10014	$ 816,180.14
2	Joyce Sozen	New York, NY 10014	$ 107,198.94
3	Larson Brothers LLC	New York, NY 10014	$ 85,268.90
4	Margery W Hanson Trust	New York, NY 10014	$ 73,870.00
5	Kathleen Carlisle	New York, NY 10014	$ 35,115.00
6	Wesley Powell	New York, NY 10014	$ 16,320.95
7	Gansevoort Holding Corporation	New York, NY 10014	$ 13,817.64
8	Fredric Hanson	New York, NY 10014	$ 10,870.00
9	Victoria Pettis	New York, NY 10014	$ 10,789.73
10	Harold Hahn	New York, NY 10014	$ 3,435.31

Greenwich's 06830 is the highest income zip code in the country with an income per return of $414,686.

Rank	Name	Location	Subsidy Total 1995-2009
1	William C Crooks	Greenwich, CT 06831	$ 94,195.95
2	Louise D Kirkendall Farms Ltd	Greenwich, CT 06831	$ 35,565.62
3	C S Farms Llp	Greenwich, CT 06831	$ 31,007.10
4	Geraldine Sanderson	Greenwich, CT 06831	$ 17,053.00
5	Estate Of William C Crooks	Greenwich, CT 06831	$ 14,084.00
6	Cynthia Petrow	Greenwich, CT 06831	$ 7,565.05
7	Burnau-hunt LLC	Greenwich, CT 06831	$ 7,336.60
8	Dorothy Rostov	Greenwich, CT 06831	$ 7,031.25
9	John R Tormondsen	Greenwich, CT 06831	$ 6,180.00
10	James S Rockefeller	Greenwich, CT 06831	$ 2,010.36

Here's the 2009 Top 10 nationwide list:

Rank	Recipient (* ownership information available)	Location	Total USDA Subsidies 2009
1	Fidelity Natl Title Ins	Woodland, CA 95695	$4,851,323
2	American Peanut Marketing Assoc.	Leary, GA 39862	$3,983,921
3	Concordia Allied Producers LLC	Ashburn, GA 31714	$3,286,604
4	American Government Srvs	Tampa, FL 33618	$3,051,207
5	Dnrc Trust Land Management - Exem	Helena, MT 59620	$2,907,161
6	Lesueur Cty Abstract Co	Le Center, MN 56057	$2,904,271
7	S J R Farming ∗	Los Banos, CA 93635	$2,069,453
8	Jackson & Kelly Pllc	Martinsburg, WV 25402	$2,007,500
9	Balmoral Farming Partnership ∗	Newellton, LA 71357	$1,910,834
10	Gila River Farms ∗	Sacaton, AZ 85147	$1,711,444

Since 1995 the subsidy biz adds up to a quarter-trillion bucks.