Harlem Grown

"It's not just healthy food that we're growing. We're also helping parents to grow healthy and industrious kids." --------------------------------------------- Our CEO and Founder, Tony Hillery, is featured in the latest issue of AARP! Congratulations Tony and thank you for being our visionary founder and empathetic leader here at Harlem Grown.

Blackstone’s Summer of Service is well underway! 🌞🤲 All summer long, the Blackstone Charitable Foundation organizes #volunteer events with #nonprofits worldwide. From planting gardens with friends and family 🌱 to packing comfort cases in London 🎒, BXers work together to give back. Take a glimpse into the meaningful work we’ve accomplished so far! Special thank you to our partners: Animal Haven, Harlem Grown, The Friends of Governors Island and Comfort Cases UK.

Work with Harlem Grown! We’re accepting applications for an open Volunteer Engagement Specialist AmeriCorps position. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gBC8FGUb

Harlem Grown’s Executive Director, Nicole Engel, delivered a speech at Impact 100 NYC's The Big Give event as one of the two “The Power of Impact 2023 Innovation Grant Recipients.” Thank you to Impact 100 NYC for your support! 

Introducing Agri_Culture_1 — an art auction by Harlem Grown featuring Air Force 1s reconceived by New York artists with paint extracted from real Harlem Grown scrap vegetables — spinach, carrots, okra, beets and more. It's street culture meets agriculture and all auction proceeds support Harlem Grown. Shout out to the phenomenal artists: Laolu Senbanjo, Lisa Whittington, Lyne Lucien, Alex Caidor, Adrian Brandon and Whitney House. As well as our amazing clients Tony Hillery, Nicole Survis Engel, our director Gino Mascardo for an amazing launch film, and Samantha Gibson for rolling up her sleeves with us from the jump and making this all happen. Auction now live, bid generously. https://lnkd.in/dcqC-yky

We met the founder of Harlem Grown at a Knicks game. Tony Hillery shared his table and his life story with us. (Kindness like that doesn't happen very often in New York. And it never happens at Madison Square Garden) He invited us up to Harlem to see what his organization was all about so we took a look. Harlem Grown have 14 urban farms squeezed between buildings and every day they mentor kids and give fresh produce away for free. Everyone who works there is kind and generous and magnetic. We instantly wanted to help. Six months later, Tall Poppy helped bring international attention to Tony's organization by fusing agriculture with street culture and launching a one-of-a-kind art auction on 127th St Harlem. That auction is now online and you can bid on the art here: https://bit.ly/4aUAR1Y All money raised goes straight back to Harlem Grown. Thanks Ad Age and Tim Nudd for sharing the work we're doing with an NY original.

Thank you Council Member Dr. Yusef Salaam and Chief of Staff Jordan Wright for visiting Harlem Grown to take a tour of our farms. We are truly grateful for your support of our mission and empowering Harlem youth.

What do KITH , Starbucks and New York Power Authority all have in common? Us! Their just a few of our corporate partners that come out for service days on our farms in support of our life changing programs. You and your company, organization, fraternity, sorority or a group of thoughtful and caring people, please reach out to schedule your day. Just go to our website Harlem Grown to lock in your dates. You'll be glad you did. Hope to see you soon ##growingtogether #bethechange

We are thrilled to share that we have been named a Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards grant recipient! This $200,000 donation will help us continue our work to inspire youth to lead healthy and ambitious lives through mentorship and hands-on education in urban farming, sustainability, and nutrition in our community!

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