Each year, Grow It Green plans and plants the farm and garden with the intent to reach more community members with sustainably grown fresh food, helping to alleviate hunger and allowing people to work, learn, play and thrive in underserved communities.

Nutrient-dense food grown without toxic chemicals is more expensive and therefore less attainable in low income neighborhoods. Grow It Green provides freshly harvested food with low transportation carbon emissions to community plates in New Jersey.

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Donations are grown, harvested and given by staff and volunteers to Morris County Interfaith Food Pantry Network, nourish.NJ, Table of Hope, and Newark SAS Farm to Table, where distribution systems are in place. Through a voucher program for families recommended by Atlantic Health Family Health Care and Guidance and sliding scale shares, we love to have people come to the farm to choose their fresh food, meet the farmers, and experience green spaces. These programs are funded by individual donors, foundations, and corporation support.

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In 2023, we began the FarmRx produce prescription program for families with children diagnosed with obesity. Our healthcare partners, Atlantic Health Family Health Care and Guidance, have identified the families that we welcome for 21 weeks at the farm. Our mission is fulfilled by offering opportunities to be part of a better food system that introduces children to food and experiences that nourish them physically and mentally. We have plans to grow, but we need you to make that happen.

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