“You know it’s fresh because you grew it and you picked it.” —Fifth grader at P.S.7.
Edible Schoolyard NYC’s mission is to support edible education for every child in New York City. They partner with public schools to cultivate healthy students and communities through hands-on cooking and gardening education, transforming children’s relationship with food. Edible Schoolyard believes in a future where all children are empowered to make healthy food choices for themselves, their communities, and their environments.
One of the schools Edible Schoolyard partners with is P.S. / M.S. 7 in East Harlem, a neighborhood with limited access to fresh produce and some of NYC’s highest levels of poverty and obesity. Kids are now learning in a 2,000-square-foot container garden and a former classroom Edible Schoolyard converted into kitchen space and a 2,300-square-foot rooftop teaching garden, complete with a greenhouse.
