Press
August 2024
Horti Daily: NY Sun Works receives $500k USDA grant to provide teachers in partner schools
NY Sun Works Executive Director Manuela Zamora announced a $500,000 professional development and agricultural literacy grant (PDAL) from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA) to provide teachers in partner schools with comprehensive curriculum and technical training in hydroponic farming and sustainability science.
August 2024
NYN Media: NY Sun Works celebrates 20 years of climate education and hydroponic farming
This year marks a big milestone for the science education program NY Sun Works, which was founded 20 years ago as a floating urban farm in the Hudson River. The program has since evolved into hydroponic farms in classrooms in more than 300 New York public schools, and its success has caught the attention of education leaders and environmentalists around the world.
August 2024
Harlem World: Manuela Zamora Commends AFT Resolution Backing Nationwide Climate Education Initiative
July 2024
EPA: NY Sun Works Receives $100,000 to Support Environmental Education
June 2024
Queens Chronicle: In School, Students Learn From Futuristic Greens and Machines
May 2024
Harlem World: 1,000 NYC Students And Teachers Attend 13th Annual Discovering Sustainability Science Youth Conference
May 2024
NY Hispano: Estudiantes y Maestros en la Conferencia de Sostenibilidad de NY Sun Works
April 2024
Queens Chronicle: BP Richards Pushes for Hydroponics Labs
April 2024
Daily Eagle: Borough President Set to Announce $2.3 Million for Hydroponics Labs in Queens
April 2024
QNS: Richmond Hill High School Launches Hydroponic Classroom and Cultivates Sustainability Education
April 2024
CBS News: NY Sun Works Helps Communities Across New York City Study Climate Change
March 2024
News12: Students Present Hydroponic Research Projects at the Annual Bronx STEAM Expo
March 2024
News12: Williamsburg School Celebrates 10 Years of Providing Hands-On Climate Education
February 2024
NY1: Estudiantes en Escuela en Harlem Siembran Plantas y Estudian Ciencia – Utilizando Agua en Lugar de Tierra
En el mes de febrero, estudiantes de la escuela PS123 Mahalia Jackson en Harlem, emocionados, dieron inicio a lo que sería la apertura de su laboratorio hidropónico.
February 2024
QGazette: LaGuardia Community College, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, and NY Sun Works Celebrate Hydroponic Classroom
LaGuardia CC, in collaboration with Congresswoman Velázquez and NY Sun Works, has opened a new Hydroponic Classroom.