Of the 9,429 students
who engaged in City Growers’
programs in 2017:
City Growers works hard to ensure that our programs are accessible to ALL children and teens in NYC.
of participating schools were Title 1 (low income)
of students who attended camp or after-school received scholarships
It's exciting to see the process from seed, to the plant, to harvesting and then getting to cook things with the food we grow.
My whole mindset on nature has changed. Little pollinators such as the bees are making big differences everyday and I believe its important we keep helping them.
It was such an engaging program -- the kids loved it and learned A LOT.
Our kids were completely engaged. They loved to taste, to touch, to learn.
I love how they connect the child to our environment... I'm not one to have a green thumb as they call it, but having (my son) experience planting and learning about how plants grow, trying plants and learning to cook, I think (it) was a perfect experience.