Spring Harvest Parties
This spring two harvest parties were celebrated in Sprout’s corner of East Williamsburg. The first took place on a rainy Monday afternoon in the Green School. After getting rained out once, we...
View ArticleGarden Sensor (Part 2)
We are still working away on building a soil moisture sensor for the garden. Here’s an update on recent work. We had major help throughout this process from John Myles White, particularly with all...
View ArticleOpen Garden Hours
Now that the school year has ended, we are starting our second season of open garden hours. We’ll be in the garden each week from 5pm-7pm to weed, water, harvest, plant and do small projects. The...
View ArticleYouthmarket Today!
The Sprout Farms Youthmarket opens today! Stop by between 2pm-6pm at the corner of Grand and Graham in Brooklyn. View Larger Map
View ArticleSuccessful First Day!
The Sprout Farms East Williamsburg Youthmarket had a great first day! We sold lots of fresh vegetables and were even visited by Council Member Diana Reyna! Here are a few pictures from the day.
View ArticleBlack Swallowtail Caterpillars
A week ago mature black swallowtail caterpillars appeared in Gaynor Campus Garden. We spotted five caterpillars among the carrot leaves, slowly munching the soon-to-be sweet, delicious carrots to...
View ArticleEarly Fall Queso Fundido
Enjoy this fantastic recipe for Queso Fundido, perfect for game day or warming up on a cool fall afternoon. Thank you to Alex and Natalie for creating this wonderful dish and letting us share it here....
View ArticleCucumber Taste Test
The abundance of late summer has fallen on Sprout and our volunteers. Recently a few volunteers got together to taste test two types of cucumbers, both grown in Brooklyn NY. The first cucumber is a...
View ArticleCultivating Community in a School Garden
In January of 2011 I co-founded Sprout Farms, an urban agriculture education nonprofit project. The idea for Sprout came from my aspiration to understand urban infrastructure and to develop means to...
View ArticleMad Tea Party & Silent Auction
Tickets for Sprout Farms Mad Tea Party & Silent Auction are now available through NYCharities.org. Click here to purchase tickets. Please note, we’ve noticed that it takes some time for the...
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