Greenmarket’s Meet Your Farmer program connects regional farmers and Greenmarket staff with New York City students, grades 2-12.  Designed to compliment the Greenmarket School Tours, Meet Your Farmer classroom visits enable students to engage with the people who grow, raise and produce food in a focused educational setting.

During these visits, farmers discuss what a typical day in their life is like throughout the seasons, talk about the products they grow or raise on their farms and explain the role Greenmarket plays in supporting their efforts to provide their products to New York City residents.  Visits also involve a tasting of the farmer or producer’s products, interactive question and answer sessions, and captivating visual aids.

Meet Your Farmer (MYF) participants include orchard, dairy, vegetable, livestock and poultry farmers, bakers, fishmongers, and maple syrup, honey, pickle and jam producers.  

Classes must have already attended a Greenmarket staff-led School Tour of one of our markets in order to request a MYF visit in the classroom.

Download a Meet Your Farmer Request Form.

Who: MYF visits are available for students currently in grades 2 through 12. The maximum number of  students during MYF visits is 40.

Where: Your school!

When: MYF Visits are scheduled January through April during school hours, and usually last 45 to 60 minutes.

Cost: $40 for the first class, plus another $15 per each additional class. Funds go directly to farmers to reimburse their travel and product costs. 

Please note farmers are often able to visit more than one classroom in a day. If you are interested in multiple Meet Your Farmer classroom visits let us know!

How to Schedule a Meet Your Farmer visit: To request a Greenmarket farmer to visit your classroom you will need to fill out and return a Meet Your Farmer visit request via email or fax.

Questions? Contact us.