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]
https://vimeo.com/191996151 We are happy to offer a 10% discount on the Farm Explorer Full Season Package from now until the end of 2016 — that’s just $765 for six Farm Explorer sessions! We bring the farm experience to your school with hands-on science, agriculture, nutrition and healthy... [read more]
Thank you to all who came out to support our work for healthier communities through food, farms and education. We enjoyed a delightful evening of good food, fine spirits and great company. Attendees raised $131,000 to fuel Greener Partners’ vital food access and healthy eating education programs! Thank... [read more]
The Deaver Wellness Farm, a collaboration between Lankenau Medical Center and Greener Partners, is featured in this news piece about the Good Food, Healthy Hospitals initiative, to use the power of healthy food to prevent disease for patients and employees at regional hospitals. The Wellness... [read more]
Farm-to-Institution: Equity and Impact The Common Market partners with food service management companies to reach vulnerable communities and scale impact for sustainable farms. Through these partnerships, we can leverage the purchasing power of food service operations to re-invest in rural communities. In this webinar, you... [read more]
Ari Rosenberg, co-manager of Guild House Farm and Lacretia Jefferson, our 2nd year intern and youth leader, attended the Rooted in Community Leadership Summit in July. They traveled to Olympia, Washington — thanks to a generous grant from the Spruce Foundation — and convened with other young people and adults... [read more]
