Seeds in the Middle, named by 4th graders, inspires parents, educators, students and their community to access all opportunities beginning with improving their health, enhancing arts education and greening their environment. We are joyful, respectful, educational and engaging. We nurture the whole child. Our innovative strategy to overcome health, educational and food inequity initiates at schools. We empower and educate all to get healthy and scale disparities. Our pilot Hip2B Healthy schools are in central Brooklyn, a neighborhood with one of New York City's highest obesity, diabetes, heart disease and premature death rates. Our programs are models for replication. We believe sustainable solutions to inequity are local and healthy eating is a civil right. We have created and run community and student-run farm markets, gardens, soccer and fitness programs in low-income, food-insecure neighborhoods since 2010. We are proud to boast that our first focus 4th grade class test scores in 2012 surpassed the citywide average; and our partner students build achievement through hands-on learning with cooking, farm stands, entrepreneurship, food justice, Hip2B Healthy Cafes, growing and more. In 2025, we launched our Black Maternal Health project - Hip2B Healthy Mamas, offering fresh produce, fitness and a nurturing playspace and space to overcome the unacceptably high maternal death rates at childbirth and in early infancy. At Seeds in the Middle, we partner with faculty. We teach how to grow, market, access and prepare nutritious food, how to exercise and engage in the arts, all the elements needed to promote life-changing lifelong health. Our partners come from all walks of life: chefs, athletes, educators, artists, builders and more. We cross cultures. We transform gray into green, destitution into inspiration.
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