Lentils and High Tunnels

The Friday before spring break was a busy one for the Rebel Gardeners and Chefs. We had 2 hours and 20 students to cook lentils and brown rice with ginger curry, cabbage apple slaw, and tropical smoothies while also weeding, turning, and seeding 5 raised beds and building two high-tunnels. With this ambitious and delicious […]


Youth Growers Market

This summer teens from across the city of Philadelphia are uniting together once a month to sell youth-grown local produce to the community. Charles explains the Rebel Gardeners Business Card to a customer. Martina and Charles working the crowd. From Youth Growers Market

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Clark Park

The Thursday Farmers Market at Clark Park is a real nice neighborhood market with a variety of vendors selling melons and peaches, challah and whole wheat, onions and beets and peas, and the best barbequed chicken this side of the Nashville. We like to have as many Rebel Gardeners as possible at Clark Park since […]

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Dear Michelle Obama,

Letters to Michelle Obama: Michelle Obama’s, Let’s Move campaign, has undeniably left an effect on many, including youth from urban districts. The students are just as concerned with eating healthier as they are with staying active. Each student has a different story and upbringing but as part of the Rebel Gardeners, they’ve been supplied with […]

Read More » | August 5, 2011 | Category: General News, Rebel Newsletter | Tags: , ,

Rebel Stew

At Pepper we love eating hot delicious food for lunch! We decided to make a stew from the herbs and vegetables in our garden for a hearty alternative to dreary peanut butter and jelly. We hope you’ll enjoy it at home. Rebel Stew 1 can stewed tomatoes 3 lbs baby carrots 3 small okra 3 […]

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