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On the farm at Kingsborough Community College (KCC) we collect and compost about 250 lbs of vegetable food scraps a week from their culinary department. During the first 3 weeks of December we will collect over 1000 lbs of food scraps from the Saturday Greenmarket at McCarren Park.…

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What Happens When Art Takes on the World?

In 2010, 3,500 lbs of food were grown in places most people would never imagine.

140 powerful teens said, “YES” and put their hands in “some nasty” dirt. 4 urban communities said, “YES” to new possibilities.

In 2011, 20,160 lbs of vegetables and fruit will be grown for a cost of about $0.63 a pound in New York City. Far less than the price of a daily Starbuck’s…

Good Afternoon to All;

I would like to personally thank the EATS family for working with TJ campus faculty amnd students. I would also like to especially give a "SHOUT OUT" to all of the TJ garden particpants/students. We have come a long way and the journey is not over yet.

I'm currently the Youth Develoment Coordinator @ the SBHC I have recruited students for the TJ garden afterschool program to cultivate East NY while attending the TJ campus. We have pulled…

Last wednesday some of us from Thomas Jefferson campus went to Ugama garden like a couple blocks away from the school.We learned about how decomposed soil works and it has so many nutrients.We also pulled out the weeds because the weeds stop the plants from growing.We looked at the different types of plants and tryed to guess what they are but lets just say i knew like only one thing.We learned that the dirt you walk on is just dry and has no air.That the dirt that has never been stepped on…