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Growing Chefs was founded in 2005 as a way to connect people to food, from the soil to the kitchen.  By offering educational programming in farming, gardening, and with simple recipes using seasonal ingredients, Growing Chefs stays true to its simple philosophy: broccoli is not boring!

Growing Chefs offers a wide range of programming for schools and organizations.  We can help you grow a garden, a curriculum, and a more nutritious school lunch. To bring us to your site, or to visit with Growing Chefs at Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, contact us at GrowingChefs@gmail.com

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P1050687IMG_1048Program Director Annie Novak is the Children’s Gardening Coordinator at The New York Botanical Garden and active with the New York City Greenmarket. She is the co-founder of Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.  Annie has installed edible gardens in four of New York City’s boroughs, and eaten local produce in all five.

A lifelong vegetarian, Annie spends several months of the year traveling and investigating different ways people grow and eat their food around the world. She’s followed blueberries and cows through New Zealand, sheep and hops through Argentina, quinoa and llamas through Peru, cassava and fish through Fiji and the Cook Islands, and chocolate through Ghana.


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Vegetarian and local and organic, oh my! Growing Chefs was founded in 2005 as a way to teach kids (and their parents!) about the delicious, wonderful ways in which food gets from the soil to the kitchen. Annie's love of plants is translated here into recipes using local ingredients and ideas from wherever she travels. Annie's philosophy is simple: "Broccoli is not boring!" Annie can be emailed at annie@growingchefs.org.

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