Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ) is building a food-secure future through school-based, youth-led hydroponic farming, providing local, sustainably-grown produce to food desert communities and building health, education and opportunity equity for all New Yorkers and beyond.
We believe that access to healthy food is a basic human right. Our vision is to build the capacity of food desert communities to grow and distribute fresh, nutritious, culturally appropriate, affordable, and accessible produce. We are catalyzing a cultural shift where young people in low-income communities become producers of their own food, educated consumers, and creators of solutions to social problems.
Textile Conservator, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Adjunct Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology