Teens for Food Justice is launching a first-of-its-kind partnership with the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center and New York Common Pantry to expand access to healthy food for patients while enhancing health career pathways for NYC students.

On June 2, eight students from the Far Rockaway Educational Campus (FREC) gathered at the hydroponic farm to mark the end of the first Food Policy Program cohort in Far Rockaway. The culminating event was the final step in a program that asked students to examine the systems that shape what people eat and to build something based on what they learned.

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 with students about the farm’s growth since it launched in January 2025 and what it means for their school community.