What We Do
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Youth Programming
School Gardens
One of City Green’s most important functions is to provide nature-based learning opportunities for school students from Pre-K through 12th grade. City Green partners with local schools to build customized educational programming that brings nature to the classroom and brings the classroom back to nature.
Existing partnerships have involved building new school gardens, providing training for teachers who want to educate their students using hands-on outdoor education strategies, arranging field trips to the City Green Farm Eco-Center, and creating outdoor classrooms where students can get their hands dirty.
Food Access
Markets & Veggie Mobile
To distribute the fresh produce grown at City Green’s farms and gardens, City Green operates a constantly expanding network of farm stands across northern New Jersey, with the goal of ensuring that affordable, local, farm-fresh food is available to everyone regardless of where they live.
In addition to providing direct access to healthy food at affordable prices, City Green’s farm stands function as community gathering spaces and visual reminders that fresh food is being grown right around the corner. Farm stands generally operate from the first week of June until October or November when the first frost comes. Weekly market stops include Passaic City Hall, Lou Costello Park in Paterson, Bloomfield Library Farmers Market, and the City Green
Farm Eco-Center in Clifton.
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Community Gardens
Dig In! Garden Grants
City Green's Dig In! supports the creation of vibrant community gardens and neighborhood farms in urban, suburban, and rural areas of Passaic County for the production of healthy food, neighborhood beautification, and community enhancement. Through participation in Dig In! community members gain access to funding, educational workshops, technical assistance, and materials and resources for the successful establishment of sustainable garden projects. Dig In! Grants are available to eligible Passaic County groups and municipalities through a partnership with Passaic County.
Young Adult Programs
Growing Strong High School Internships
Growing Strong is a paid summer internship for high school students from Paterson and Clifton, NJ. Interns spend the summer working at City Green at our farm and markets or children's summer camp programs while participating in food and environmental justice workshops. By working at City Green, interns positively engage with their community; benefit from purposeful mentorship and peer collaboration; and foster a personal connection to food systems, healthy eating and the environment.
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Community Programs
Workshops
City Green hosts a number of workshops throughout the year focused on gardening and outdoor education. Past topics have included: vegetable growing, pruning, winterizing your garden, seed saving, and more. Workshops are posted on our events page and open to all.
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