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The Future of Farming

FEBRUARY 24TH, 2013 — The agricultural landscape has been shifting and changing over the last 10,000 years, and never more so than in the last few centuries.  In late February, Growing Chefs founder Annie Novak …

The MoMA and Edible Art

SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2012 — Growing Chefs recently had the opportunity to share the things we love (good food from good farms, and good company to eat it with) at the Museum of Modern Art. Part of …

Iron Chef: Hummus

JANUARY 9TH, 2012 — There’s hummus among us!  This week, a total of 110 fifth graders competed in Iron Chef: Hummus, a winter challenge led by Growing Chefs instructors at PS 132 in Brooklyn.  The …

Chef Mario Visits the Botanical Gardens

OCTOBER 7TH, 2011 — September is a month of many great things: the harvest of your best eggplants, the slow swelling of beautiful winter squash, and the gorgeous matching colors of the last ripe tomatoes …

August Harvest

AUGUST 25, 2011 — On Monday night, farmers, chefs and neighbors came together over a good meal and amazing music to celebrate the delicious food that August harvest brings.  A benefit dinner hosted for Growing …

Festival of Ideas for a New City

MAY 13TH, 2011 — We all dream of a greener city, full of plants and parks and lovely places to eat picnics.  It starts with green thumbs: citizens who care enough to cultivate seeds & …

DIY Terrariums

JULY 1ST, 2010 — Growing Chefs returns to the Garden School in Jackson Heights, Queens, to pilot our new math and science curriculum.  Partnering with staff with experience at Francis Perkins Academy and the Natural …

Food, Fiddlers, Farmers: Success!

MARCH 2ND, 2010 — This Saturday night, country mouse and city mouse gathered together to celebrate the simple & beautiful: food, friends, and the end of the wintertime. It was a wonderful night, full of …

Growing Chefs Fundraiser in Brooklyn

FEBRUARY 25TH, 2010 — Join us on Saturday, February 27th at 7pm in north Brooklyn as we gather foodies, green thumbs, and chefs to celebrate the art of eating well from field to fork. Hosted …

Growing with Garden School

FEBRUARY 26TH, 2010 — For twelve weeks from January into April, Growing Chefs is pairing its classic curriculum of cooking and horticulture with The Garden School, in Jackson Heights, Queens.  This past week, we prepared …