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LIC: Long Island City School Celebrates Launch of Hydroponic Farm for STEM and Sustainability Education

Long Island City’s PS/IS 78Q has unveiled a new hydroponic classroom farm designed to foster a love of science, gardening and nature among students at the school.

VOA: New York City Children Learn Gardening to Build Healthier Habits

In New York City, where some communities have limited access to fresh produce, a unique classroom program is teaching students how to grow their own food and improve their eating habits. Aron Ranen has more on how gardening is shaping healthier futures for kids.

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.

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.

HARLEM WORLD: Manuela Zamora Commends AFT Resolution Backing Nationwide Climate Education Initiative

EPA: NY Sun Works Receives $100,000 to Support Environmental Education

Queens Chronicle: In School, Students Learn From Futuristic Greens and Machines

HARLEM WORLD: 1,000 NYC Students And Teachers Attend 13th Annual Discovering Sustainability Science Youth Conference

NY Hispano: Estudiantes y Maestros en la Conferencia de Sostenibilidad de NY Sun Works

Queens Chronicle: BP Richards Pushes for Hydroponics Labs

Daily Eagle: Borough President Set to Announce $2.3 Million for Hydroponics Labs in Queens

QNS: Richmond Hill High School Launches Hydroponic Classroom and Cultivates Sustainability Education

CBS NEWS: NY Sun Works Helps Communities Across New York City Study Climate Change

News12: Students Present Hydroponic Research Projects at the Annual Bronx STEAM Expo

News12: Williamsburg School Celebrates 10 Years of Providing Hands-On Climate Education

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