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Growing High-Performing Schools and Happy, Healthy Children

April 20, 2026

By Stephanie Tonnesen Hornback

How an unemployed teacher is changing public education

December 8, 2025

Kids and communities are responding to seeds of hope planted in the concrete jungle. Originally published on Fast Company.

Humble Independent School District (ISD) to Launch Innovative Program Supporting Student Success with Green Bronx Machine Funded by the Quest Diagnostics Foundation

September 23, 2025

Highly acclaimed data-driven program designed to drive student and teacher engagement, food access, and community health outcomes. Humble Independent School District (ISD) is proud to announce a new partnership with the nationally recognized Green Bronx Machine, www.greenbronxmachine.org, (GBM) program. Funded by the Quest Diagnostics Foundation, Green Bronx Machine will bring hands-on learning, curriculum, and […]

Global Think-Tank, KM Zero Recognizes Ferran Adria, Julia Collins, and Stephen Ritz As 2025 Global Food Changemaker Prize Winners 2025 in International Ceremony With Over 100 Global Food Heroes and Industry Icons

April 14, 2025

MADRID, April 14, 2025 /3BL/ - The Food Changemakers Awards, held in Madrid, were created by the Spanish organization KM ZERO Food Innovation Hub to recognize international figures with the greatest impact on the future of food. Stephen Ritz, founder of Green Bronx Machine, won the 2025 Social Impact Award for his initiative that promotes […]

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Un maestro cambió a toda una comunidad con unas semillas

GreenBiz – Stephen Ritz on growing both veggies and kids in the South Bronx

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People Who Do – How Stephen Ritz is planting seeds of opportunity in the South Bronx

TIME for KIDS – Fresh Lessons: Green Bronx Machine, in New York City, teaches students the skills to grow food – and profits.

HundrED – How can urban agriculture transform students, schools, health outcomes and communities in marginalised neighbourhoods?

NPR WNYC – A South Bronx Teacher Grows Students Through Gardening

National Geographic – President Obama & Leonardo Dicaprio Want Action on Climate Change

Idealist – From Idea to Action: Stephen Ritz on growing an organization, a community, and greens

Teach UAE Magazine – A Moment with Stephen Ritz

Montreal Gazette – The Good Food Machine gets growing in Canadian classrooms

News 12 – Claremont students show off their green thumbs

Medium – Bright – Who Is Revolutionizing School Lunch?

Global Teacher Prize – Mayor De Blasio Honours Teacher Prize Finalist

Take Part – A School Garden Born in a Food Desert May Change the Way Kids Eat—and Learn

The Guardian – My edible classroom gives deprived New York kids a reason to attend school

Growing a Greener World – Green Bronx Machine: Sowing Seeds and Saving Lives – the Power of a Classroom Farm

Forbes – Growing Food On Walls To “Vegecate” Kids

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