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Green Juice

Green Juice Erica, one of our summer interns, wanted to make something fresh for the MLK, Jr. Farm. Jackie, our TFFJ Curriculum Development and Program ...
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Continuing the Conversation at Far Rockaway’s Second Food System Breakfast

Bringing Far Rockaway Together Around Food Security | Our second Food Systems Networking Breakfast brought people from across the peninsula into one room. The goal ...
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2026 T-Shirt Design Contest Guidelines: Roots of Power

Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ) invites all students from campuses with TFFJ farms to create a design for the official T-shirt for this year’s Student ...
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Tropical Thai Basil Smoothie

Tropical Thai Basil Smoothie Created by TFFJ’s SYEP interns at DeWitt Clinton High School, this smoothie was the result of plenty of measuring, tasting, and ...
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TFFJ Spotlight: Ms. Karla Jean Peterkin-Taylor, Cafeteria Manager at DeWitt Clinton Educational Campus

Connecting Students, Farms, and Fresh Food | At DeWitt Clinton High School, the cafeteria and the Teens for Food Justice farm work hand in hand. ...
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Sharing the Harvest: A New Partnership with DREAM

Sharing the Harvest: A New Partnership with DREAM This fall, Teens for Food Justice is proud to launch a new partnership with DREAM Charter Schools. ...
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Miso Maple Collard Greens

Miso Maple Collard Greens This recipe was developed by summer interns from Futures & Options and the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP): Erica M., Najae ...
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What’s Happening with SNAP—and How You Can Help

Last Updated Oct. 30, 2025 The U.S. is facing one of the largest hunger crises in its history1 with the potential halt to SNAP benefits on ...
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Rasta Pasta

Rasta Pasta Alyssa Gardner-Vazquez, TFFJ’s Senior Farmer Educator at MLK Jr. Educational Campus, drew on her Jamaican heritage to bring this recipe to the after-school ...
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Building a Just Food System Together: Our 2025 Annual Gala

Building a Just Food System Together: Our 2025 Annual Gala | On September 29, the Teens for Food Justice community gathered for our annual Gala. ...
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TFFJ Spotlight: Students Kaity T. and Najae S.

How TFFJ Works: Through the Eyes of Kaity T. and Najae S. | When Kaity T. and Najae S., both seniors at Urban Assembly Maker ...
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TFFJ Spotlight: Meghan Groome, PhD, TFFJ’s New CEO

A Mission That Hits Home | For Meghan Groome, stepping into the role of CEO at Teens for Food Justice is more than a career ...
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