King Farm| Volunteer Day 7/7 Installing Drip!|Farm Archive

What better manner to spend a report setting warm day then putting in a drip irrigation gadget!

VOLUNTEER DAY

10am to 2pm

YOUTH FARM, six hundred Kingston Ave, btwn Rutland and Winthrop

On Saturday we can be installing a drip irrigation gadget on the farm. Please join us and learn how. The machine within reason reasonably-priced and a incredible choice for gardens interested by saving water and time. The machine is easy to place on a timer, and virtually takes a turn of a spigot to water a large section right on the roots of your plant life.

Please be part of us on the farm. We can also be ingesting cucumbers and jogging within the sprinkler!

King Farm| VOLUNTEER DAY & SEED SAVING WORKSHOP!|Farm Archive

Be a part of us this Saturday for a

VOLUNTEER DAY & SEED SAVING WORKSHOP

Have you ever grown that perfect tomato and then not been able to find the seeds the next year? Want to develop pepper plants that grow perfectly in your yard?

  Saturday 9/15

Volunteer Work 10am - 2:pm

Free Workshop 2pm- 3:30 pm

600 Kingston ave, btw Winthrop and Rutland

Please join us for a volunteer day at the Youth Farm. We will be getting the farm in tip top shape for the new school year. We need your help in reining in the weeds and planting some fall crops.

Please bring a healthy lunch, a water bottle, and a hat. just show up and bring a friend!

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King Farm| Making News Headlines!|Farm Archive

We realize what we do, and the difference it makes in the lives of our students, trainees, marketplace customers and volunteers. But its continually exceptional to be recognized too!

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.?"

King Farm| DO YOU LOVE SCHOOL FARMS & GARDENS?|Farm Archive

Please give your financial support to help us continue running our educational programs

The Youth Farm thanks you for your incredible support of the Youth Farm at HSPS! Because the Youth Farm has been so successful growing food for the community, the Department of Education is working closely with our team to set standards for NYC school farms & gardens. This is an amazing moment in school garden history as we are piloting standards for all of NYC!

Because of their support for the Youth Farm, the DOE has very graciously allowed us to continue selling flowers and host educational programs on site, but we are still eagerly awaiting the finalized standards to go into effect for us to be allowed to sell the hundreds of pounds of food we grow every week on site. We rely on the income from our produce sales to run our educational programs, so we are asking for your support in this historic moment that will pave the way for all future NYC school farms and gardens.

PLEASE DONATE HERE

& REMEMBER TO DEDICATE YOUR GIFT TO THE YOUTH FARM IN THE BLUE BOX!

Currently we are the only school farm or garden that the DOE has requested to stop sales of produce, and we're hoping that our work will ensure others do not have to stop their work as well. WHEN YOU SUPPORT US TODAY, YOU ARE SUPPORTING ALL EXISTING AND FUTURE SCHOOL FARMS AND GARDENS WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THESE NEW STANDARDS. Let's get more Brooklyn kids hands in the dirt!

King Farm| HSPS & Youth Farmer Praised in "City Limits"|Farm Archive

Photo by means of Taleen Dersdepanian

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King Farm| Free Workshop this Saturday October 6th|Farm Archive

Growing lots of tasty veggies is predicated on sustainable practices 12 months-spherical. Farmer Molly will lead this palms-on workshop, and could assessment the way to put together your beds within the fall the use of minimum cultivation and compost, as well as cover vegetation. These techniques will assist improve your soil and defend it over the iciness months.

Saturday October sixth, 2:00 - three:30 pm

Join us at 10am to volunteer at the Farm, and then stay for a free fingers on workshop.

600 Kingston Ave, between Winthrop and Rultand. Take the 2/5 to Winthrop and walk 3 blocks east.