Edible Schoolyard Harlem

Bundles of plants held in colorful metal tubs.

A corresponding health-focused curriculum accompanies the garden in order to promote awareness about nutrition.

Members of Edible Schoolyard Harlem’s partnering teacher staff at P.S. 7.

Colorful raised beds.

Edible Schoolyard’s mission is to give kids access to fresh, locally-grown vegetables– often in neighborhoods where up to 49% of children live below the poverty line and lack access to nutritious food.

Tools of the trade.

Inside the teaching lab.

Fresh vegetables sourced from the school garden.

Composting, along with other ecologically-sound gardening practices, is a central tenet of the food curriculum.

Art in the garden.

“Change the food in the schools and we can influence how children think. Change the curriculum and teach them how to garden and how to cook and we can show that growing food and cooking and eating together gives lasting richness, meaning, and beauty to our lives.”- Alice Waters, Founder of Edible Schoolyard