As we are about to apply for a Newman's Own Foundation grant - we want to share two testimonials to Seeds in the Middle impact and our immense, immense, immense gratitude to #educators New York City Public Schools #teachers - No, we are not a #driveby - We are super honored that PS/IS 178 #Going for Greatness is shining in #brownsvillebrooklyn #Brownsville - it is a school of #greatness for being the only one to run a #farmstand and ensure students can #eathealthy every day and create their own solutions to #foodinsecurity. Thank you - Special thanks to Johnnymae Robinson who brought us there - and special thanks also to 2nd grader Naycher of @ps289k for sharing how we empowered her to lead a healthier life in a neighborhood swamped with junk food and few healthy options. Yes, it's #Hip2BHealthy - She says her life is brighter and she has less anger and altercations with peers since she stopped eating chips and sugary drinks... Yay, Naycher Jeremy Walter Stephen O'Brien NYC Department of Education Khalek Kirkland, Ed.D. NYC Dept. Youth and Community Development ERIC ADAMS Chi Ossé Latrice Monique Walker #NYAttorneyGeneralLetitiaJames
Seeds in the Middle
Primary and Secondary Education
New York, New York 96 followers
Growing Hip2B Healthy students, one school at a time
About us
Seeds in the Middle, named and founded by 4th graders, educates, empowers and inspires students, schools and their communities to create healthier places to live and learn. We teach how to grow, cook and market fresh, get fit, engage in the arts, build community and boost achievement. Youth run Hip2B Healthy Markets, where fresh juices and snacks are only 50 cents, cook nutritious, delicious meals with chefs for the same cost as a fast food combo, grow edible gardens, play Crown Heights soccer and basketball and more, do art and get tutored and more. We are powered by volunteers. We integrate entrepreneurial skills and all we do into curriculum to boost academic achievement. Our neighborhoods have the highest obesity, diabetes and heart disease rates, preventable diseases linked to malnutrition and lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Youth are our change-makers. Our partners come from all walks of life. All volunteers welcome. We transform gray into green, destitution into inspiration.
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http://www.seedsinthemiddle.org
External link for Seeds in the Middle
- Industry
- Primary and Secondary Education
- Company size
- 1 employee
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- education, food justice, environmental education, composting, gardening, cooking, literacy, community building, farmers markets, nutrition, marketing, exercise, youth sports, arts, and community development
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New York, New York 11201, US
Employees at Seeds in the Middle
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Excited about our new initiatives in #coneyisland - Yes, you may enjoy the #BrooklynCyclone and the #MermaidParade and all that, but did you know Coney Island is a #fooddesert, a victim of #foodinequity #foodinjustice #foodinsecurity - We are asking Council Member Brannan and Mayor Adams to give us funds to start community-run farmstands, healthy cooking, edible gardens. Because they deserve to eat healthy too. You with us?
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Do you care about food justice but don't know what to do to address vast food inequity and food and health disparities right here in New York City? Why not eat and drink all day in #parkslope on Saturday? Support local and support Seeds in the Middle so we can empower kids to create healthy choices - like farmstands and cooking fresh - in food deserts. Tickets at tastesofbrooklyn.com - Also check out the menu/map online!
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Next Tuesday! #foodjustice - March with NYC elementary students to exercise their right to vote and urge #nyccouncil #mayoradams to support #freshfoodforall - Local residents in low-income neighborhoods of color have the right to be healthy and eat fresh too. Support funds to help them build their own #farmstands #farmersmarkets #healthycooking - Meet at BK Borough Hall at 10 am to march or City Hall Park at 11 am. #marchforjustice #march #healthyeatingisacivilright Rachel Atcheson Kate MacKenzie ERIC ADAMS Eric Woodlin DAVE GOLDINER Dean Chang Bob Kappstatter - Reporters - please cover
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Next Tuesday! #foodjustice - March with NYC elementary students to exercise their right to vote and urge #nyccouncil #mayoradams to support #freshfoodforall - Local residents in low-income neighborhoods of color have the right to be healthy and eat fresh too. Support funds to help them build their own #farmstands #farmersmarkets #healthycooking - Meet at BK Borough Hall at 10 am to march or City Hall Park at 11 am. #marchforjustice #march #healthyeatingisacivilright Rachel Atcheson Kate MacKenzie ERIC ADAMS Eric Woodlin DAVE GOLDINER Dean Chang Bob Kappstatter - Reporters - please cover
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EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ENDS TOMORROW NIGHT - Come out and eat and drink and walk along Franklin Ave., CrownHeights and supportlocal while helping us fight food insecurity/injustice with school-run farm stands, cooking and more... GO TO tastesofbrooklyn.com #crownheights #foodcrawl #brooklyn #dogood #charity
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This Saturday. Eat. Drink. Walk. Do Good. Discover #bedstuy #cocktails #icecream #gpurmet #wine #charity #lloydporter #fightfoodinsecurity #foodjustice
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This is the April calendar so far for Seeds in the Middle #farmstands #cooking #tastesofbedstuy #tastesofbrooklyn #soccer
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Super honored to get funding to do this project and I am learning so much for the wonderfully talented Ben Grossman and Craig Samuel - owners of the BC Restaurant Group
Super thrilled to introduce our first group of Lloyd Porter Culinary Scholars- led by the tirelessly talented Ben Grossman and Craig Samuel of BC Restaurant Group - the chef owners of the wildly popular Peaches suite of restaurants in Brooklyn -especially Bed-Stuy. These young women are being mentored by local #bedstuy fppd establishments and will be featured at Tastes of Bed-Stuy on April 13 - thank you Whole Foods Market Whole Cities Foundation BC Restaurant for making this happen to honor #LloydPorter - whom we lost in Covid-19. Tickets at tastesofbrooklyn.com
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Super thrilled to introduce our first group of Lloyd Porter Culinary Scholars- led by the tirelessly talented Ben Grossman and Craig Samuel of BC Restaurant Group - the chef owners of the wildly popular Peaches suite of restaurants in Brooklyn -especially Bed-Stuy. These young women are being mentored by local #bedstuy fppd establishments and will be featured at Tastes of Bed-Stuy on April 13 - thank you Whole Foods Market Whole Cities Foundation BC Restaurant for making this happen to honor #LloydPorter - whom we lost in Covid-19. Tickets at tastesofbrooklyn.com
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