Green Bronx Machine: National Health and Wellness Center at PS 55 – Stephen Ritz

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Stephen Ritz (Mr. Steve to his students) is the founder of Green Bronx Machine. Steve talks about the challenges that continue to face his students in the South Bronx and building the National Health & Wellness Center at PS55. The Center will send his students home with 100 lbs of vegetables each week that they grow in school.

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About Stephen Ritz
Chief Eternal Optimist Green Bronx Machine
Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx educator who believes that students shouldn't have to leave their community to live, learn, ...read more.

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How Do Consumers Affect the Food System? – Stephen Ritz
Change Food
Steve says: Well, in my classroom, I say where we learn matters. But in the food movement, where we shop and how we spend matters. So take back your dollars, seize your voting power, and make purchases that count!
Name one thing you can do for the Food System – Stephen Ritz
Change Food
Steve says: One thing that we need to change in the food system is to open our hearts, open our eyes, open our minds, and extend a hand. We need a hand up and not a hand out. I want people to walk with me and work with me. What we need is people to […]
Green Bronx Machine – Growing Our Way into a New Economy – Stephen Ritz
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Stephen Ritz is not a farmer. He’s a parent, a resident and a teacher. He noticed his students were getting fatter and sicker. This is Steve’s crusade to get his students to eat healthy by learning to grow their food and their community.

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How Do Consumers Affect the Food System? – Stephen Ritz

Name one thing you can do for the Food System – Stephen Ritz

Green Bronx Machine – Growing Our Way into a New Economy – Stephen Ritz