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Teens for Food Justice Receives $100,000 Grant from the Amazin’ Mets Foundation to Expand Far Rockaway Farm Hub

July 30, 2025

Queens, NY (July 30, 2025) — Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ) is proud to announce it has received a $100,000 grant from the Amazin’ Mets ...

Announcing Meghan Groome, PhD, as the Next CEO of Teens for Food Justice

July 15, 2025

Teens for Food Justice is proud to announce that Meghan Groome, PhD, has been named our next Chief Executive Officer, effective July 8, 2025. Meg ...

Tropical Kale Smoothie

July 7, 2025

Tropical Kale Smoothie TFFJ students at the Far Rockaway Educational Campus, working alongside TFFJ’s Jessenia Preciado, developed this original Tropical Kale Smoothie. This bold, refreshing ...

A Legacy in Motion: TFFJ’s Co-Founder Katherine Soll Receives Lifetime Achievement Award For Advancing Food Justice

June 6, 2025

On June 6, 2025, Teens for Food Justice Founder and CEO Kathy Soll received the Joan Dye Gussow, EdD Lifetime Achievement Award at the 5th ...

Kale & Feta Turnovers

June 2, 2025

Kale & Feta Turnovers: A Quick Save, a Big Win At the MLK Jr. Educational Campus, creativity in the kitchen is always on the menu. ...

TFFJ Spotlight: Student Rea M.

June 2, 2025

Growing More Than Food: How Rea Found Purpose in the Farm When Rea M. first joined the Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ) elective at The ...

From Seeds to Solutions: Celebrating Our 2025 Student Leadership Conference

May 30, 2025

On May 30, 2025, more than 100 students from 14 schools across New York City gathered at Teach for America for Teens for Food Justice’s ...

Building Community, One Relationship at a Time: Jessenia Preciado Named 2025 Food Policy Rising Star

May 28, 2025

Building Community, One Relationship at a Time: Jessenia Preciado Named 2025 Food Policy Rising Star We’re proud to celebrate Jessenia Preciado, Teens for Food Justice’s ...

The New York Community Trust Awards TFFJ Two-Year Grant to Expand Far Rockaway Farm Hub

May 16, 2025

Teens for Food Justice Awarded $360,000 Grant from The New York Community Trust to Expand Hydroponic Farming and Food Justice Education in Far Rockaway New ...

Basil Lemon Cookies

May 5, 2025

Basil Lemon Cookies At Bruce Randolph School in Denver, 10th grade students turned a farm harvest into a sweet surprise—baking Lemon Basil Cookies using fresh ...

TFFJ Spotlight: College Volunteer Wascar S.

May 5, 2025

How Wascar’s Journey from Student to Advocate is Rewriting the Food Justice Playbook When Wascar S. picked up a brown paper bag filled with two ...

Teens for Food Justice Expands Far Rockaway Farm Hub with New M.S. 053 Hydroponic Farm

April 24, 2025

QUEENS, NY — On Thursday, April 24th, 2025, Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ), together with key community partners, officially launched a new school-based hydroponic farm ...