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September 08, 2014 Spotlight: L.E.S. Youthmarket’s Phylisha Conyers
At the end of last month, during the busy season at Youthmarket, we visited our Lower East Side Youthmarket which is in partnership with Henry Street Settlement, whose mission is to ”open doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers...
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Greenmarket
February 21, 2014 Farm Aid 2013 Highlights
Farm Aid has just released a highlights video from the press event at their 2013 conference in Saratoga Springs, NY. GrowNYC's Youthmarket program, which has run a farm stand at Farm Aid for the past few years, is joined on the dais by Farm Aid President and...
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Environmental Education
July 09, 2012 NYC Teens take “Fast Food IQ Test”
In preparation for the 2012 Youthmarket season, GrowNYC brought together more than 50 young people from across the city to learn about food, agriculture, and the basics of running a farm stand. Incoming youth-staff read nutrition labels and took a “Fast Food IQ...
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Greenmarket
August 18, 2011 Farm Aid gets a Youthmarket
This year, Farm Aid held its 26th annual benefit concert in Kansas City, and GrowNYC joined in the festivities by programming a Youthmarket farm stand at the show, giving more than 25,000 concert goers the opportunity to purchase farm-fresh food produced by Kansas...
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Greenmarket
March 07, 2011 Bronx Youthmarket cartoon from The Riverdale Press
Cartoonist Michael X. Martin recently featured GrowNYC's Kingsbridge Heights Youthmarket in a cartoon for The Riverdale Press. Check it out above!The Kingsbridge Heights Youthmarket will be open on Fridays from July 8th to October 28th. Stay tuned for more info...
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Environmental Education
November 22, 2010 Learn It, Grow It, Eat It on LunchNYC
NYC Media, the official television, radio and online network of the City of New York, recently profiled Learn It, Grow It, Eat It on LunchNYC.Our part starts at 6:40. Check it out!
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