Sprout Farms

Bringing Urban Agriculture to Public Education Sprout is an organization that creates urban agriculture.

We establish educational spaces for students and community members to learn about food systems via hands on interactions. Currently Sprout is working with The Green School and Lyons Community School, both in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, developing a program to empower city youth to pursue careers in farming, sustainability and food justice. Sprout partners with local schools to develop educational prog

ramming to teach plant care, nutrition, and environmental stewardship. Sprout's summer programming connects students and their families with food production during peak growing season to help establish a deeper understanding of how to care for plants and the process of harvesting. Throughout the school year Sprout helps schools develop and maintain a variety of projects, including composting, herb gardens, and greenhouses. Sprout is fiscally sponsored by the Open Space Institute, Inc., as part of its Citizen Action Program.

03/28/2017

Big news! The Sprout team is joining up with Swale to bring Urban Agriculture to NYC via a floating food forest built atop a 5,000 SF barge!

09/01/2016

Easing the burden on natural resources like water by growing feed indoors with hydroponics:

The extended drought in California has farmers looking for ways to use less water. Among them, growing feed indoors using hydroponics. The new diet is making some Central Valley sheep very happy.

08/30/2016

Health Eaters, Strong Minds: What School Gardens Teach Kids

07/21/2016

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We are deep in the process of planning new programs with PS11 in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, in cahoots with parents, staff and teachers! The garden is built and we are excited to integrate field research, agriculture and ecology into the school's Science curriculum! You can support innovative & alterna...

06/16/2016

Canada is leading the way with hydroponic greenhouses.

Canada, despite its cold weather, ships more fresh tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to the U.S. than we send the other way. How? With the continent's largest cluster of greenhouses.

06/09/2016

Plants growing at Central Park East II 🌱

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05/27/2016

Sprout Farms and Central Park East 2 received a grant from Grow to Learn NYC, NYC Mayors Fund & Green Mountain Energy! We can't wait to build, extend & deepen our work together!

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05/02/2016

Sprout Farms won a 2016 Neighborhood Grant from Citizens Committee! We won our first grant from Citizens Committee for New York City back in 2011, and they've been great supporters and partners every year since then!

This grant will help Sprout build out a garden education space at Sure We Can Recycling Center, the same location where we built a recycled bottle greenhouse in 2015.

We join over 300 grassroots groups across New York City working to build community and improve our neighborhoods.

Thanks again to Citizens Committee for New York City for your years of support!

04/27/2016

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/ice-lake-suwa-japan-torne-river-climate-change-monk-shinto/

Some of the oldest continuous historical records from around the world shows us how dramatically the climate has changed.

04/22/2016

Join Sprout Farms tomorrow afternoon at Ten Eyck Garden in celebration of Earth Day! 3 - 5 PM, 17 Ten Eyck Street, BK NY 11206.

04/18/2016

Check out our latest newsletter for more information about our new garden in Manhattan, and meet our new programs manager, Marisa!

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Sprout Farms is pleased to introduce our new Programs Manager, Marisa Prefer. Marisa has been consulting with Sprout since October, and we're pleased to have her on board as an employee. Marisa is coordinating our garden programs, fostering curiosity in our students, and developing our teen apprent…

04/15/2016

Spring at Three Stars Garden!

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