Our numbers are out shadowed by the priceless suprises onsite.
Yes, we grow food in the city and our yield is incredible for the size of our urban farms but the true impact is visible with the everyday citizens living in our city who come to our sites. Our urban farms attract people to come build, plant and care for herbs, flowers and vegetables. More importantly, they are creating places where people can connect.
Volunteers and students are attracted to an activated site giving them an opportunity and a connection to growing food. Nature is abound; where birds, bees and insects flutter about sharing the harvest.
1000+
Students engaged in growing food
1600+
pounds of produce grown since 2015
250+
Volunteers got their hands in the dirt
1 zillion
bees, birds and bugs feeding and pollinating
Ryerson student, Brooke, makes Bowery Project her thesis subject