Farm School NYC began as a grassroots effort 17 years ago to organize NYC residents within urban agriculture - building community, capacity for positive local action, access to green space, and deeper connections to each other, the land, and our food.
Now, as a nonprofit, we continue this mission and welcome you to explore our programs, advocacy opportunities, the NYC Urban County Committee, and our fundraiser!
NYC is your classroom.
Farm School NYC programs take place at a wide variety of city gardens, farms, and other unique classroom spaces in order to engage in city specific place-based education
Community centered approach.
Farm School NYC was created by a vast network of urban farmers, community gardeners, and anti-hunger and food justice advocates in the city. The program is created and run by grassroots leaders who know NYC's unique communities and food issues best.
Committed to grassroots social justice.
Farm School NYC provides students with tools to become effective and empowered grassroots leaders in the food justice movement. We do this by teaching effective community organizing and advocacy techniques as well as engaging in dialogues about larger social, economic, and racial, and justice issues.
Accessible to all NYC residents.
Our participants come from a wide range of different backgrounds and life experiences and diversity is crucial to the success of our program. FSNYC centers a popular education model which uplifts the collective knowledge in our communities while engaging with new information. The time commitment and schedule of the program is designed to be accessible to working students.
Through engaging, place-based education, Farm School classes cultivate future leaders in the food justice movement.
