In The News
2023
- Fordham Heights: Torres Awards $800K for Urban Farming Program in 20 Schools – Norwood News
- New York Sun Works awarded grant to support climate education – Vertical Farm Daily
- US (NY): New urban farm technology at village academy in Far Rockaway – Vertical Farm Daily
- US (NY): $800k for 20 new hydroponic classrooms in South Bronx – Vertical Farm Daily – Vertical Farm Daily
- Congresista otorga $800,000 para proyectos comunitarios de New York Sun Works – New York Hispano
- US (NY): New green classroom brings hydroponic lab to the bilingual school in the Bronx – Vertical Farm Daily
- Hydroponic classrooms at P.S. 25 Bilingual School part of plan to build healthy future – News 12 The Bronx
- Introducing New York City’s next generation of farmer-scientists – The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Integrating Education & CEA – The Story of NY Sun Works – iGrow News
- Students across 60 NYC schools are getting an urban farming curriculum – CBS New York
- From Soil to Solution: KCC’s Hydroponics Project Ushers in a Sustainable Farming Era – CUNY
- NY Sun Works Announces New Education Director And The Addition Of Hydroponic Specialists – Harlem World
- Brooklyn Schools Get Boost for Green Education and Workforce Training – iGrow News
- NY Sun Works Hosted NYC Students At Its 12th Annual Science Youth Conference – Harlem World
- Brooklyn School Plans Experiential Campus at Floyd Bennett Field – Patch.com
- US (NY): Urban farming and planting program to expand to more Brooklyn schools – Vertical Farm Daily
- Keeping it green: Urban farming and planting program to expand to more Brooklyn schools – News 12
- A Non-Profit Paves the Way for Sustainable Indoor Urban Farming in New York City: New York Sun Works – Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
- Holistic Health, Hydroponic Farms in Schools, and Women Artists – Radio Kingston
- BK Schools Just Got New, State-Of-The-Art Hydroponic Farm Technology For STEM and Sustainability Curriculums – BK Reader
- Rep. Velázquez announces expansion of hydroponic farm education at William Cullen Bryant High School – LIC Post
- US (NY): Rep. Velázquez announces expansion of hydroponic farm education at William Cullen Bryant High School – Vertical Farm Daily
- Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez Presents $800,000 To NY Sun Works To Develop Urban Farming Programs Through Hydroponic Technology At 20 Schools, Including LaGuardia Community College – CUNY
- Rep. Velázquez announces expansion of hydroponic farm education at William Cullen Bryant High School – QNS
- Investing in Hydroponic Farming for Classrooms – Brooklyn Eagle
- Bounty in the Bronx – The Bronx Free Press
- Bronx Classrooms Transformed Into Hydroponic Farms – NBC New York
- Programa en escuelas en El Bronx donde siembran plantas que solo usan agua y luz -no tierra – NY1 Noticias
- Bronx borough president, New York Sun Works team up to bring hydroponic farms to schools – Bronx News 12
- Planting in the pandemic / Plantar en la pandemia – The Bronx Free Press
- Hydroponic handout across District 29 – Queens Chronicle
- Dialogo Abierto: Horticultura Hidropónica en El Bronx y Nueva York – BronxNet
2022
- Clarke votes for passage of massive $1.7 trillion spending bill – Carribean Life
- Astoria Queens Energy Tech High School Welcomes New Hydroponic Greenhouse – QNS
- US (NY): Astoria Queens Energy Tech High School welcomes new hydroponic greenhouse – Hortidaily
- State of Our Schools: Analyzing state math and reading test results in New York City – Bronx News 12
- NY Sun Works Opens New Hydroponic Farm Classroom in East Flatbush – BK Reader
- Abren otra granja hidropónica en una escuela en Brooklyn – El Diario NY
- NY Sun Works Awarded $25,000 Grant To Support Climate Education Through Urban Farming From Alfred P. Sloan Foundation – Harlem World
- US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona & Rep. Nydia Velázquez Visit NY Sun Works’ Cypress Hills Hydroponic Classroom – PIX11 NY
- NY Power Authority and HANAC Cornerstone Celebrate New Hydroponic Lab At Astoria Houses – Spectrum News NY 1
- Bronx Students Learn to Grow Food Smarter and More Sustainably – NBC 4 New York
- The 1st hydroponic farm inside a NYCHA Queens community center – Pix11
- Family Day at Pop-Up Hydroponic Farm – Spectrum News 1
- Hands-on hydroponic farming taught in NYC high schools – Fox 5 News
- PS 158 Warwick, Brooklyn — Celebrates the Official Opening of their Hydroponic Classroom – MENAFN
2021
- Using Plants and Farming to Teach NYC Students About Climate Change – NBC News 4
- OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes – Hechinger Report
2020
- Planting in the Pandemic/Plantar en la Pandemia – Manhattan Times News
- At Home STEM Kits Bring Science to Living Rooms of Public School Kids – Bklyner.
- 6 Forward-Thinking Groups Using Farming in Education – Wiki.ezvid.com
- NMU Launches Indoor Agriculture Program – Northern Today
- P.S. 85 Queens Judge Charles J. Vallone School Opens New Hydroponics Science Lab – The National Herald
2019
- Astoria Public School Gets New Hydroponic Lab – Astoria Post
- Ribbon Cut on New $600,000 Science Lab at P.S. 183 Funded by Council Member Kallos Following Participatory Budgeting Win – Ben Kallos
- Brooklyn Invests $15 Million in STEAM Education – The Journal
- School Lab Funded By Participatory Budgeting Debuts On UES – UES Patch
- Hydroponic Greenhouse Classroom Opens Doors At The Highbridge Green School – The Bronx Daily
- The Highbridge Green School Celebrates Grand Opening Оf Green Classroom – The Bronx Daily
- How Hydroponic School Gardens Can Cultivate Food Justice, Year Round – NPR
- New Lab Nourishes Minds And Environment – NET TV
- Hydroponic harvest in Queens – UFT – United Federation of Teachers
- AKTINA TV Report: Constantinides Opens New Hydroponic Science Lab In Astoria – AKTINA TV
- Seeds of sustainable future planted at third hydroponic school lab opening in Astoria – QNS
2018
- NJ Middle School Set Up Urban Food Production Center – Pix 11 News
- PS28 unveils new hydroponic lab – Manhattan Times
- Growing STEM Futures, PS34 Celebrates Their Hydroponic Garden – Office of the Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams
- Students Will Grow Vegetables And Learn About Sustainability With hydroponic Lab – QNS
- New Hydroponic Lab at Queens School – NY1 News
- New Science Lab Celebrated at PS122 with Council Member Constantinides – Akina TV
2017
- Officials Unveil Hydroponic Science Lab in Astoria, part of $ 2million Program – Astoria Post
- Brooklyn Students are Going Green – NY1 News – Spectrum News NY1
- Rooftop Greenhouse Brings Lettuce and Learning to Edward Murrow High School – Bklyner
- Growing Trend: Sustainable Science in NYC Schools – Green Home NYC
- Sidsel Robards: Making NYC’s Rooftops Sustainably Green – Medium – Denmark in NY
- HBSCNY awards NYC non profits – Harvard Business School
- UL Innovative Education Award – NAAEE
- It floats, raises fish and vegetables and makes its own power. And the new Frost science museum is getting it. – Miami Dade Harald
2016
- Tribeca Teacher Honored At White House – The Villager
- Microsoft Edge and NAAEE Partner on Enviromental Stories – Microsoft Edge partnering with NAAEE
- Letters to Ban Ki-moon: Fifth-graders write about climate change – UN.org
- NYer of the Week: Manuela Zamora Grows Greener Minds and Greener Thumbs Through Unique Classrooms — NY1 News
- Is the future of farming in public schools? — Urban Ag News
- School of life — Brooklyn Paper
- High Atop PS 84, a New Hydroponic Greenhouse Grows Some Sweet Herb — Bedford Bowery
2015
- Urban Tween Farming Is the Wave of the Future — Brooklyn Magazine
- NY Sun Works is Back to School! — Urban Ag News
- NYSW Youth Conference: Discovering Sustainability Science — Urban Ag News
- Summer School for Teachers — Edible Manhattan
- Greenhouse Project Classrooms Give Students Hands On Experience With Conservation — CBS News
- Kids Speak on Vertically Building a Sustainable Future – Urban Ag News
- Student Farmers Grow Fresh Vegetables Year-Round for Bed-Stuy Community – DNA Info
2010-2014
- NY SunWorks’ Greenhouse Project Aims To Build 100 Labs By 2020 – Green House Grower
- East Williamsburg Principal Introduces Students to the World Beyond School — DNA Info
- Teaching Kids to Hack Dining Through STEM Education — Food Tech Connect
- Growing Young Scientists — NY Daily News
- Models to hit fashion runway at Brooklyn Navy Yard dressed in recycled trash — PBS Metro Focus
- Greenhouse Labs Spur Student Learning on Manhattan Rooftops – Metro Focus
- NY Sun Works Brings Hydroponic Labs to City Schools — Edible Manhattan
- Plantações no topo de arranha-céus – Casa Vogue, Brazil
- PBS Newshour
- Slush nourishes neighborhoods — The Daily News
- PSB Television Growing a Greener World
- The Computer School’s Hydroponic Lab Takes Root – DNA Info
- 4th Annual Greenhouse Project Benefit — Guest of a Guest
- PBS television Food Forward – PBS
- PS333’s rooftop farm — Edible Manhattan
- So, Rene Redzepi and the Princess of Denmark Walk into a School’s Rooftop Greenhouse Filled with Kids… — Bon Appetit
- Urban Agriculture is On the Move — Food Republic
- On School Rooftop, Hydroponic Greens for Little Gardeners – New York Times
- Learning about science, nutrition and politics at the Manhattan School for Children. — Change Observer
- Vertical Farming; Does it really stack up? — The Economist
- A Rooftop Environmental Science lab is born — Food and Tech Connect
- Rooftop Greenhouse Could Revolutionize City Schools — The Epoch Times
- Nurturing Green Thumbs – Metropolis
- Turning Asphalt into edible education — New York Times Blog
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