Farm School NYC

Farm School NYC Farm School NYC trains residents in urban agriculture in order to build self-reliant communities Committed to grassroots social justice. NYC is your classroom.

Farm School NYC provides students with the tools they need to become effective and empowered grassroots leaders in the food justice movement. We do this by teaching effective community organizing and advocacy techniques as well as engaging in dialouges about larger social, economic, and racial, and justice issues. Community-based approach. Farm School NYC was created by a vast network of urban farmers, commu­nity gardeners, and anti-hunger and food justice advocates in the city. The program is thus created and run by grassroots leaders who know NYC's unique communities and food issues best. Accessible to all NYC residents. Farm School NYC aims to cultivate a student body representative of the incredible diversity of NYC. Our students come from a wide range of different backgrounds and life experiences and diversity is crucial to the success of our program. As part of our commitment to social justice and diversity, tuition is on a sliding scale based on income and household size. In addition, the time commitment and schedule of the program is designed to be accessible to students working full time jobs. In order to accommodate a wide range of students, we hope in the future to provide childcare during course offers and to offer any necessary bilingual programming. Farm School NYC classes take place at a wide variety of city gardens, farms, and other unique classroom spaces in order to engage in city specific place-based education. What will I learn? Students will explore a multitude of different subjects related to urban agriculture, education, and food justice. Below are some of the main topics featured in our program but please see our Course Offerings page for more details on the classes.

- Urban agriculture growing techniques
- Business planning and marketing skills
- Community organizing and leadership skills
- Food based education

Join us for Climate Week 2026☀️🌧️CLASSES ARE NOW LIVE‼️ REGISTER TODAY LINK IN BIO🔗📲🗽🌎✨ Climate Resilience facilitated b...
09/11/2026

Join us for Climate Week 2026☀️🌧️CLASSES ARE NOW LIVE‼️ REGISTER TODAY LINK IN BIO🔗📲

🗽🌎✨ Climate Resilience facilitated by Sea Matias, of Serra Vida Farm

🗽🌎✨ PART 1
TUESDAY 9/22
6-8pm
virtual on Zoom

🗽🌎✨ PART 2
TUESDAY 9/29
6-8pm
virtual on Zoom

🗽🌎✨Climate Resilience explores how NYC gardens, upstate farms, and our regional food system can prepare for heat, drought, flooding, smoke, frost, severe weather, and other climate extremes. Using current New York climate data and the developing 2026–27 El Niño as case studies, we’ll combine climate literacy with practical growing strategies, emergency planning, food-system preparedness, and collective resilience.

SAVE THE DATE!🌎🍃Join us during Climate Week for a series of classes and panel discussion focused on our food system, agr...
09/08/2026

SAVE THE DATE!

🌎🍃Join us during Climate Week for a series of classes and panel discussion focused on our food system, agriculture, and what preparedness looks like for our communities.

🌎🍃We have Farmer Sea Matias from Sierra Vida Farm kicking us off with a two part CLIMATE RESILIENCE course on Tuesday 9/22 and Tuesday 9/29. We are also offering a panel discussion regarding OUR FOOD SYSTEM IN CLIMATE CHAOS on Tuesday 9/24; super special guests are on the line up. Don’t miss out on these offerings!

🌎🍃Stay tuned for more details.

WHY IS PLANT PROPAGATION IMPORTANT?🌾🪏Plant propagation is the process of creating new plants from existing ones, utilizi...
09/04/2026

WHY IS PLANT PROPAGATION IMPORTANT?

🌾🪏Plant propagation is the process of creating new plants from existing ones, utilizing seeds or vegetative parts like stems, leaves, and roots.

🌾🪏 Plant propagation helps grow new plants efficiently and supports agriculture, gardening, and conservation. It increases plant numbers which allows farmers and gardeners to produce more plants for food, flowers, and landscaping.

🌾🪏 It is a great way to budget garden. Rather than spending money on plants and seeds at your local nursery, propagation is a cost effective (even free) way of increasing the plants in your garden.

🌾🪏 Plant propagation protects endangered species: It helps conserve rare or vulnerable plants by reproducing them safely in controlled environments.

📮🧑🏾‍🌾 The UCOC VOTER REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 14th- play a major role in the decision making of the next Manhat...
09/02/2026

📮🧑🏾‍🌾 The UCOC VOTER REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 14th- play a major role in the decision making of the next Manhattan and Staten Island Committee members!

🗳️Need some help figuring out how to fill out the ucoc voter form? Check out our feed for more info.

🗳️The New York City Urban County Committee, leads and supervises the work of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) office. FSA supports farmers through financial assistance programs including loans, emergency and disaster relief, and cost-share for organic and food safety certification.

🗳️Your local Farm Service Agency (FSA) also serves as a resource hub for farmers & community gardeners to learn about opportunities from urban agriculture partners, farm visits, and more.

🔗 Register now at the link in bio!

WHAT IS COMPOST?🍌🪏In nature, living things die, and their death allows life to be reborn. Bothanimals and plants die on ...
08/25/2026

WHAT IS COMPOST?

🍌🪏In nature, living things die, and their death allows life to be reborn. Both
animals and plants die on forest floors and in meadows to be composted by time, water, microorganisms, sun, and air to produce a soil improved in structure and nutrients.

🍌🪏Compost has a dual function. It improves the structure of the soil. This means the soil will be easier to work, will have good aeration and water-retention characteristics, and will be resistant to erosion. Compost also provides nutrients for plant growth, and its organic acids make nutrients in the soil more available to plants. Fewer nutrients leach out in a soil with adequate organic matter.

🍌🪏Organic plant growing follows nature’s example. Composting is an important way to recycle such elements as carbon, nitrogen, magnesium, sulfur, calcium, phosphorus, potash, and minerals.

🍌🪏Various forms of plant and animal life are organic matter. Organic matter is only a small fraction of the total material that makes up the soil, generally between 1% and 8% by weight. Yet organic matter is absolutely essential to the sustenance of soil life and fertility.

🔗🚨Are you interested in learning more about urban agriculture? Sign up for our monthly newsletter! Stay up to date with the latest info from us and other happenings around the city, link in bio for more.

WHAT ARE HIGH TUNNELS?🏡💨High tunnels, also referred to as hoop houses, are low-cost, usually unheated, metal-tube struct...
08/20/2026

WHAT ARE HIGH TUNNELS?

🏡💨High tunnels, also referred to as hoop houses, are low-cost, usually unheated, metal-tube structures 6° higher than outside, and if low tunnels are used over the growing beds inside a high tunnel,
9° can be gained.

🏡💨 High tunnels can add at least four weeks to the beginning and end of the normal growing season, giving the urban
grower a hand up in expanding and extending markets, growing more variety, and adding resilience to the farm.

🏡💨 High tunnels extend the growing season by protecting crops from harsh weather, pests, and diseases. However, they create unique conditions that can cause soil, pest, and disease problems, requiring careful management for healthy crops and good yields.

We’ve had so much fun this summer sharing knowledge, stories, and resources with this amazing community. 💙
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🌾 FSNYC joined Rock Steady Farm 🌱 Regional Farm Work Day SWEET FREEDOM FARM !🧄 We began with a grounding group stretch a...
08/14/2026

🌾 FSNYC joined Rock Steady Farm 🌱 Regional Farm Work Day SWEET FREEDOM FARM !

🧄 We began with a grounding group stretch and a gorgeous farm tour - closing the morning with prepping garlic for distribution and seed. Around midday, we ate a delicious lunch and talked about who we are, housing affordability in NYC and the Hudson Valley, and the joy of being in community on the land to support values aligned work.

🌶️ After lunch, we headed out to the fields and tackled the volunteer plants growing amongst the pepper rows - gently separating stems and moving through lamb’s quarters, mugwort, purslane, and others to find the peppers! We cut the volunteers back and pulled out what we could to allow the peppers more light and space and less competition.

💰 RSF and SFF are launching a powerful collaborative fundraiser with WILDSEED - investing in food and farming infrastructure and housing. Follow them Webatuck Valley Farm Collab - and check out their CD investment opportunity as they raise funds for a bold, community driven, dignified food future!

🎓 We are extremely proud that the founders of these farms were once FSNYC students - we have a beautiful network that dreams in action ✨

⛓️‍💥 Sweet Freedom Farm is a black-led farm that grows culturally relevant, nutrient dense food for communities impacted by food apartheid and the prison industrial complex.

🛠️ Rock Steady Farm is a q***r and trans led multiracial worker cooperative that grows culturally meaningful foods, trains QTBIPOC farmers, and catalyzes political change in the food system.

📮🧑🏾‍🌾 The UCOC VOTER REGISTRATION is now open - play a major role in the decision making of the next Manhattan and State...
08/10/2026

📮🧑🏾‍🌾 The UCOC VOTER REGISTRATION is now open - play a major role in the decision making of the next Manhattan and Staten Island Committee members!

🗳️Need some help figuring out how to fill out the ucoc voter form? We’re here to help. Swipe for more instructions.

🗳️The New York City Urban County Committee, leads and supervises the work of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) office. FSA supports farmers through financial assistance programs including loans, emergency and disaster relief, and cost-share for organic and food safety certification.

🗳️Your local Farm Service Agency (FSA) also serves as a resource hub for farmers & community gardeners to learn about opportunities from urban agriculture partners, farm visits, and more.

🔗 Register now at the link in bio!

WHAT IS SUCCESSION PLANTING?🌼⏳Succession planting involves strategically staggering plantings to ensure a continuous har...
08/05/2026

WHAT IS SUCCESSION PLANTING?

🌼⏳Succession planting involves strategically staggering plantings to ensure a continuous harvest throughout the growing season.

🌼⏳ By planting new crops at regular intervals, you can maximize your garden’s productivity.

🌼⏳ Plan Your Schedule: Calculate days to maturity for each vegetable and schedule successive plantings accordingly.
For example, sow new rows of lettuce every 2-3 weeks to ensure a steady supply.

🌼⏳ Utilize Space Efficiently: As you harvest one crop, replant the area with a new one to optimize space and keep your garden productive all season.

🌼⏳ Rotate Crops: Avoid planting the same crop in the same spot season after season to prevent soil depletion and pest issues.
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We’ve been having so much fun this summer sharing knowledge, stories, and resources with this community. 💛
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