Harlem Grown is a youth development non-profit that inspires youth to lead healthy and ambitious lives through mentorship and hands-on education in urban farming, sustainability, and nutrition. We operate nine urban agriculture facilities throughout Central Harlem, and last year we provided over 2,200 pounds of fresh, locally-grown produce free of charge to local families in need. 

We served over 2,700 youth on our last year, and in order to continue to provide an immersive and educational experience to all our youth participants, we have to expand our programming to our new 127 Street Farm. 

This new farm on 127th Street between Lenox Avenue and Fifth Avenue will feature a two-story vertical hydroponics green house, which has the capacity to quadruple our production, and provide a living classrom where we can teach kids how STEM integrates with urban agriculture. With this new space, we plan on increasing our produce to 5,000 pounds by July 2017. We also plan on doubling our reach to youth in and around New York City, with special emphasis placed on neighborhoods in close proximity to the new urban farm space: East Harlem and areas of the South Bronx.