Because it is one of the first and most ambitious school based urban farms in the country, Great Kids Farm has received a lot of media attention in its first 18 months. This press coverage has allowed us to increase our scope and attract funders, partners and volunteers.

Press contacts or journalists who would like more information about Great Kids Farm, please contact Kathy Shulman and Edie House-Foster.

Great Kids Farm News

Leaders of Great Kids Farm to showcase model at national conference - Tony Geraci, Food Services Director director for City Schools, and Greg Strella, Great Kids Farm Manager, will present at Taking Root, the fifth national farm-to-cafeteria conference, May 17-19, 2010 in Detroit, MI.

A work in progress: View this trailer for the upcoming film A Recipe for Change on school food reform in Baltimore.

Great Kids Farm IN the News

Check out these links for press coverage on Great Kids Farm:

• Office of Sustainability Annual Report
• School Lunches Go Back to the Land, Edutopia, December 2009
• Great Kids Farm's Tony Geraci to Speak at Park School and Share Recipes Baltimore Examiner, Nov. 18, 2009
• Diane Rehm Interview with Tony Geraci, The Diane Rehm Show, National Public Radio, September 2009
• Great Kids Farm Yields Great Taste Community Foundation Newsletter: The BCF Edge, Fall 2009
• The New Meal, Baltimore City Paper, June 6, 2009
• Radical in the Lunch Line, Washington Post, May 6, 2009 v
• Food Files: Tony Geraci on Local School Food, Sustainable Food Newsletter, March 15, 2010
• The Lunch Room Chronicles, Urbanite, Issue 53, November 2008

Visit City Schools' web site to read more great stories about Great Kids Farm and the many initiatives and programs underway to educate students about healthy food choices - and how those choices can have far-reaching effects on the communities in which they live.