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NY POST- The Next Big Things- BEST NYC HIGH SCHOOLS!

"High School for Public Service 600 Kingston Ave., Brooklyn

Founded after 9-11, this 420-student school in the old Wingate HS constructing pairs hard teachers with civic-mindedness. Students until a one-acre farm, growing heirloom tomatoes, eggplant, sorrel, strawberries, herbs, and greater. Some 800 kilos of pesticide-unfastened produce is bought at the school?S Farmers Market -- which accepts food stamps. The Go Green class covers biology and health. Students dedicate up to 1,000 hours in homeless shelters, soup kitchens, tutoring facilities. Pupils enter a legal or medical academy. Ninety percentage of closing yr?S grades enrolled in university ? Which include Ivy League."

CLEAN PLATES - Brooklyn’s Youth Farm: Sowing the Seeds of a New $1 Menu

"The Youth Farm applications instill college students with extra awareness and admire for the environment and their very own our bodies: Students study that water is healthier than Red Bull ? And thanks to water jugs on cafeteria tables, they?Re ingesting extra water than earlier than ? Which ingredients are filled with corn syrup and how eating regimen relates to diabetes, how orange peels come to be compost and the significance of recycling. One student, Sean, reduce rapid food from his weight loss plan and then satisfied his mom to shop for a juicer. Another Go Green player, Shineka Williams, reviews students have additionally located: ?Organic food doesn?T flavor nasty.?"