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Mayor's Fund and Grow to Learn NYC - The NYC School Gardens Initiative

The NYC School Gardens Initiative aims to get New York City's youth to eat healthier by helping schools build a garden or connect to an existing garden, and providing cooking and nutrition instruction to young New Yorkers. Studies show that when children grow and prepare their own food, their understanding of the relationship between food and health grows too. Studies also show that positive eating habits begun before 6th grade are more likely to last into adulthood. The initiative includes three "learning gardens" at City Hall Park, Gracie Mansion, and Randall's Island; a mini-grant program to provide schools with resources to start a garden; programming to help schools use the food grown in gardens in cafeterias; cooking and nutrition programs at NYCHA sites to supplement garden programs, and a new website that lists available resources including technical assistance and curriculum guides. For more information and to apply for financial or technical assistance for a school garden, go to: www.nyc.gov/growtolearn.