HG Meals on CNBC.com
“Johnson says he teamed up with Harlem Grown, a nonprofit teaching children about urban farming and nutrition, to deliver 170 meals to a children’s shelter in Harlem…”
24 Organizations Finding Food Justice
Food Tank
Food Tank lists Harlem Grown among organizations worldwide that are fighting for food justice.
Urban Farms Nurture Youth
The National Wildlife Federation
Harlem Grown’s community-driven mission extends to local wildlife. Staff install native plants at some of their farms, helping bees, butterflies and other pollinators flourish among the crops. Farmers, educators and guides also teach school groups and other visitors about urban wildlife and the value of pollinators to ecosystems. One site even demonstrates beekeeping and offers tastes of its colony’s honey.
Urban-Farming Camps Have Kids Asking, Where’s the Healthy Food?
New York Times
More than just introducing New York City children to outdoor activities, Harlem Grown helps children explore bigger questions in their neighborhoods: what their food choices are, and why healthy options are often hard to find or afford.
Photo by Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for The New York Times
How Harlem Grown Is Transforming Abandoned Lots Into Educational Opportunities
Cheddar
Gabriella Rodriguez, communications and outreach coordinator at Harlem Grown, joins Cheddar to discuss the importance of teaching youth about nutrition and sustainability, and the benefits of urban farming.
Lenox Hill Hospital’s Edible Garden Benefits Patients As Well As Employees
Pix11
Harlem Grown helped plant Victory Greens, an edible garden on top of Northwell’s Lenox Hill Hospital. Herbs and fresh fruit are used in patients meals while employees can take home produce on designated cutting days.
Urban Farming is a Vehicle to Giving Children a Way Forward
Food Tank
On the podcast Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Tony Hillery, founder and Executive Director of Harlem Grown, talks about how his organization inspires communities to rise up for their education and nutrition by re-introducing children to home-grown food.
Sowing the Seeds of Hope in Young Children
Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
As part of its Food Policy Community Spotlight Series, the Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center highlights how Harlem Grown is working to positively affect the food system.
Kids Farm in Harlem
NYCgo
New York City has long been an innovator in the urban farming movement. Shortly after the opening of Harlem Grown’s hydroponic Impact Farm, NYCgo highlights the organization’s origins and progress.
Food is Not Optional
Food Tank
Prior to speaking at the inaugural NYC Food Tank Summit “Focusing on Food Loss and Food Waste” in 2017, Tony Hillery, Founder and Executive Director of Harlem Grown, talked to Food Tank about the collective impact the organization’s gardens have on the communities of Harlem.
Amid Fears of Gentrification in Harlem, This Urban Farm Seeks Expansion
AM New York
Harlem Grown partnered with Harlem’s Lenox Terrace complex to open a new 2,000-square-foot farm and office space in 2020. The new location will allow it to feed more low-income families and their students
CNN Heroes: Sowing seeds of hope in Harlem's children
CNN
Harlem Grown's Founder and Executive Director, Tony Hillery, was honored to be selected as a 2017 CNN Hero.
Watch the video HERE
NYC Parks’ Grow Together Conference
Bronx Times
The annual conference featured keynote speaker Tony Hillery, Harlem Grown, founder and executive director, and youth speaker Kadiatou Ba who has been involved with Harlem Grown since its inception five years ago.
Harlem Grown Helping Empower Youth
Food Tank
Harlem Grown garners praise from local community and Foodtank.com for their role in enacting and inspiring change in the Harlem community.
NYC Service- Harlem Grown
NYC Service
NYC Service features Harlem Grown as an excellent place to lend a helping hand...preferably with a green thumb attached.
Man Fights to Save Harlem Community Garden
DNA Info
Tony Hillary, Founder of Harlem Grown, takes action to protect Harlem Grown and those it serves.
A Tree Grown in Harlem
Huffington Post
A detailing of the ambitious start of Harlem Grown and how it has grown to uplift and empower the Harlem community.
Tony's Story
Price Waterhouse Cooper
PwC, one of Harlem Grown's biggest supporters, features a video about Harlem Grown's mission to inspire the youth of Harlem to lead more healthy and ambitious lives.
Harlem Grown Grows Greens and Girls in NYC
Green Prophet
Harlem kids who were eating Twix bars for lunch are now eating fresh greens -- food that they and their mothers are growing through Harlem Grown.
Harlem Grown Hires Local Moms to Grow Greens for Schools
DNA Info
Harlem Grown is hiring school mothers to work at its hydroponic greenhouse, where we grow baby lettuce, collards, and other greens - sustaining the Harlem food system and sustaining local families.