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CBS New York Visits TFFJ Hydroponic Farm at Urban Assembly Maker Academy

CBS New York featured the TFFJ  hydroponic farm at the Murry Bergtraum Educational Campus’s Urban Assembly Maker Academy on June 12. Reporter Chris Wragge spoke ...
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TFFJ Spotlight: Mariah Middlebrooks, Farmer-Educator (Denver, CO.)

Mariah Middlebrooks grew up near Bruce Randolph School (BRS) in Denver, Colorado, in a neighborhood with a long history of limited food access and environmental ...
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Keeping TFFJ Farms Growing: Mo Urzola Tellez Named 2026 Rising Star in New York City’s Food Policy

We're proud to celebrate Mo Urzola Tellez, Teens for Food Justice's Senior Hydroponic Systems Coordinator, on their selection as a 2026 40 Under 40 awardee ...
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Roots of Power: Celebrating Our 2026 Student Leadership Conference

On May 1, Teens for Food Justice held its annual Student Leadership Conference at West End Labs in Manhattan. 122 students from 11 New York ...
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TFFJ Receives $100,000 Innovation Grant from Impact 100 NYC

Funding will expand farm-based programming to students with disabilities across New York City. Teens for Food Justice has been awarded a $100,000 Innovation Grant and ...
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Saag Paneer

Saag Paneer Students at Murry Bergtraum Educational Campus developed this recipe and wanted to make it again, according to Francesca, MBEC’s farmer educator. The dish ...
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TFFJ and Assembly Member Anderson Bring Students to Albany for a Day Inside the Legislative Process

Twenty-three students from The Scholars' Academy in Far Rockaway, Queens, traveled to the State Capitol on May 7 with Teens for Food Justice for a ...
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TFFJ Alumna Keiara K. Steps Up to Lead at Bronx Food Policy Rally

On April 24, TFFJ alumna Keiara K. stood at the Roberto Clemente Plaza in the Bronx, microphone in hand, MCing a food policy rally that ...
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Why Meg Groome, TFFJ’s CEO, Sees Food Justice and Climate Action as Inseparable

On a breezy but beautiful Saturday, my kids woke me up brimming with excitement for our day’s adventure—a Far Rockaway beach cleanup to celebrate and ...
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TFFJ Joins NYS Senator James Sanders’ Community Cleanup at Rockaway Beach

On Saturday, April 18, 2026, more than 100 people gathered at Beach 86th Street in Rockaway Beach for a community cleanup organized by New York ...
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TFFJ Spotlight: Candice Green, School Partner

Candice Green's approach to her role is straightforward: if a student or family needs it, it should be available inside the school building.
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Center: Curtis Turney-Rentas, Director of the B.R.I.D.G.E. Family Enrichment Center and founder of the Far Rock Greek Council.

Far Rockaway’s Third Food Systems Breakfast Draws Largest Crowd Yet

On March 24, Teens for Food Justice convened the third installment of its Far Rockaway Food Systems Networking Breakfast, this time at the Rockaway YMCA, ...
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