Teens Grow Greens offers Milwaukee teens transformative experiences through internships and apprenticeships surrounding cultivating and harvesting crops. “Culinary” and “Entrepreneurship” positions teach communication, work, and life skills as they encourage a sense of belonging and teamwork and offer opportunities for young people to grow as leaders.

 

Teens Grow Greens is founded on the belief in a future of “healed and healthy” humans who can not only survive but thrive — and ultimately evolve into active agents for positive change in their communities.

 

Work experiences culminate with an “Iron Chef”-style competition for teens with a culinary focus and a “Shark Tank”-style competition for those in entrepreneurship.

 

Funding from the Marjorie L. Christiansen Foundation supports programming and pays teens’ wages.