Washington Teens Cook Up Fresh Food After School
Many teens know that providing snacks automatically increases the appeal of an afterschool program. But what about when the teens themselves have to prepare the snacks? Well, that’s all part of the fun...
View ArticleProject Sweetie Pie Brings Youth to Urban Gardens
It may have gotten its name from the sweet potatoes harvested to make pies, but Project Sweetie Pie has grown into much more than that. Begun as an after-school project for North High School students...
View ArticleOne Arkansas Teen Opens One Nerd Bakery
Teen baker Leah Newton, 16, sets up One Nerd Bakery every week at the Tri Peaks Community Market in Russellville, Ark. (Photo by ONE NERD BAKERY via Facebook)
View ArticleArkansas Teen Makes Dough With Baking Business
Like many teens, Leah Newton, 16, was looking for a part-time job to earn her some, er, extra dough. She took a good look at her hobbies – exploring science and technology, and baking – and zeroed in...
View ArticleFlorida Teens Work for Access to Healthier Food
When a group of teens from Jacksonville, Fla., learned that their generation might be the first not to outlive their parents, the teens sprung into action. Calling themselves “So Fresh, So Clean,”...
View ArticleTeens Learn Food from Farm to Market to Soup Kitchen
Setting the Table participant Saskia Gilmer met some new foods at the Winter Farmers Market in Brookline, Mass. (Photo via The Winchester Star)
View ArticleTeen Volunteers Grow Garden at YMCA in Connecticut
Granby, Conn., teens from left, Olivia Delello, Amanda Zyzdorf, Danielle Sturgeon and Meghan Sawtelle, work in the Farmington Valley YMCA garden. (Photo by FROM THE GROUND UP via The Granby News)
View ArticleConn. Teens Grow Community Garden at YMCA
A group of teens from Granby Memorial High School in Granby, Conn., is growing a community garden from the ground up. Teens solicited donations and plants, built raised beds, planted vegetables and...
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