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Community Gardens
August 12, 2014 Foothold Technology’s Volunteer Day: An Interview with Founder and CMO Nick Scharlatt
On June 24th, Foothold Technology spent the day volunteering at PS 25 Eubie Blake School in Brooklyn. The enthusiastic team revived the school’s garden area by clearing weeds, building raised beds, and constructing benches for an outdoor classroom. We spoke to...
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Environmental Education
September 05, 2012 Featured Grow to Learn Garden: Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, & Engineering
Grow to Learn NYC: the Citywide School Gardens Initiative was established in 2010 as a public-private partnership between GrowNYC, The Mayor’s Fund, and several government agency partners. Grow to Learn profiles successful school gardens in their monthly newsletter...
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Environmental Education
February 16, 2012 Grow to Learn NYC turns 1 and registers its 200th School
We're proud to report that Grow to Learn NYC: the Citywide School Gardens Initiative has just celebrated its first anniversary. A public/private partnership between GrowNYC, the Mayor’s Office to Advance New York City, and GreenThumb, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Grow to...
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Community Gardens
June 17, 2011 Grow to Learns kicks off Dining Out for School Gardens week
Today, GrowNYC and the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City—co-founders of Grow to Learn: the Citywide School Gardens Initiative—were joined by Deputy NYC Parks Commissioner Larry Scott Blackmon, Chef Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern and staff and families at PS 154 in Windsor Terrace to...
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Environmental Education
May 31, 2011 Dining Out for School Gardens
Grow to Learn NYC: the Citywide School Gardens Initiative, a program co-founded by GrowNYC, knows that gardens, cafes and cafeterias are classrooms too, so we asked NYC chefs to lend their support and expertise.Chefs are an integral part of shaping how we eat and how we view food so it’s only...
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Community Gardens
May 04, 2011 29 Mini-Grants Awarded to NYC School Gardens!
Grow to Learn recently awarded 29 Mini-Grants of up to $2,000 to help NYC schools keep their gardens growing. Schools will use funds to purchase soil, tools, seeds, hoses, wheelbarrows, gloves, and even provide professional development and garden training for...
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