Summer 2015: Youth Farm Stands

Looking for affordable, nutritious and delicious locally grown produce? Greater Newark Conservancy's Youth Farm Stands will be open for business starting June 6th and running till the harvest season ends in November.

The Youth Farm Stands are open every Tuesday from 4-6pm, and Wednesday and Thursday from 11am-6pm at the Conservancy's Outdoor Learning Center on Broome Street, and other locations throughout the city (check citybloom.org for the most current schedule/locations.) The Youth Farm stands accept many forms of payment including cash, credit and debit cards, checks made out to Greater Newark Conservancy, WIC vouchers, senior vouchers or SNAP benefits.

Providing Newark Fresh fruits and vegetables grown on the Conservancy's Hawthorne Avenue and Court Street urban farms, the program is run by student interns from the Newark Youth Leadership Project (NYLP). NYLP is a year-round job training and leadership development program for Newark high school students. NYLP interns manage the Farm Stand program under the direction of the Conservancy's professional staff.

NYLP helps Newark high school students get a head start on their future through job training experience, leadership development, exposure to different career options in environmental and horticultural fields and opportunities for pursuing a college education. Student participants are major contributors at the Conservancy's urban farms and farm stands, which provide unique hands-on experiences for inner-city youth.

Contact Hannah Caswell, Community Greening Assistant/Youth Farm Stand Coordinator, at 973.642.4646, ext. 25 with questions about the Youth Farm Stand program.