The Virtua Mobile Farmer's Market recently teamed up with Greener Partners Farm Explorer educators to teach children in Camden about farming and to encourage them to experience different healthy, fresh food choices. Check out this awesome video highlighting this effort from the Virtua Broadcast Network.... [read more]
On Saturday April 21, we took our Farm Explorer Truck and our blender bike to Lincoln Financial Field, where, we provided smoothies, recipes and farming information to hundreds of participants in the Walk Against Hunger. We were pleased to be able to play a roll... [read more]
Through a grant from the W. Percy Simpson Trust, Greener Partners has joined forces with Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia Charter School to expand and maintain an on-campus education garden that serves as an outdoor classroom for hands-on STEM learning and leadership development. Throughout this school... [read more]
Because of you, the fourth annual Remarkable Farms Gala was a huge success, raising over $101,000 to fuel Greener Partners’ fresh food access and healthy eating education programs. With these funds, we can reach even more Philadelphia area schools and youth in need. Thank you... [read more]
With the new year we often make big changes in our lives. For Greener Partners, this year we are making an important strategic move, focusing the energy of our incredible staff on our food education and distribution programs. We are also moving our Montgomery County... [read more]
Free for qualifying schools! Thanks to a grant from the Target corporation, we are offering the Farm Explorer full-season series free of charge to 30 schools who qualify. Fourth graders will get one Farm Explorer truck visit and two classroom visits, with science and healthy eating education wrapped up... [read more]
Greener Partners is honored to be selected by Target for a youth wellness grant that will bring a full year of Farm Explorer healthy eating programs to thousands of kids in Philadelphia. Our innovative Farm Explorer education programs brings the farm to urban schools in the form of a truck filled with... [read more]
https://vimeo.com/191996151 Greener Partners’ Farm Explorer brings healthy eating and science to life in a way that no other nutrition program does: with hands-on exploration of living vegetables and fruits from seed to plate. These joyful, immersive, empowering experiences help to change eating habits for life.... [read more]
In 2016, we have been busy! New this year: We opened the Deaver Wellness Farm at Lankenau Medical Center, the first education and production farm on a hospital campus in the region. The farmers at Deaver distributed over 4,000 pounds to patients at Lankenau and taught healthy eating... [read more]
