Our Programs
TechNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS and Gardeners
SPROUT offers classes year round for people looking to make growing food their mission. Past classes include:
-Farm Service Administration Trainings
-Good Agricultural Practice and Food Safety Modernization Act Trainings
-Transitioning to sustainable methods of growing
-Starting your first market garden
-Garden Teacher Training
-New tools and equipment for farmers
TIMES
Year-round, please check our calendar for upcoming events
Location
City-wide
CHildren's Classes and Kid's Camp!
SPROUT offers free children's classes nearly year-round. Check out our calendar to see when the next class is. We welcome all young people to come learn about food, farming and the natural world while fostering leadership, responsibility and kindness.
Our Classes are in Partnership with Friends of Laffite Greenway and Goldring Center For Culinary Medicine. We operate out of the ReFresh Community Farm. Classes are made possible by Emeril Lagasse Foundation and Emerging Philanthropists of New Orleans.
times
FREE Summer Kids Camp Ages 8-12
July 9- 13 from 8:30-3:30pm.
Join us for 5 days of gardening, cooking, fitness and other fun activities!
For more information and to register call: (504) 535-5064 or email: gccmkids@gmail.com
Registration priority given to ReFresh neighborhood kids. Email soon, space is limited!
Location
300 N Broad Street, New Orleans, LA 70112
Farmer's Market
Our year-round farmers market has vendors from all over New Orleans, but many of our vendors are from right in our neighborhood. The ReFresh Farmer's Market isn't just about selling delicious food to people. Our market builds a community of vendors who rewrite the paradigm of how food dollars get allocated and how small food businesses can support themselves. Come visit us rain or shine and meet our amazing vendors.
Follow us on instagram at @refreshfarmersmarket or ReFresh Farmer's Market on Facebook.
Times
Mondays, year round
4pm-7pm
Location
300 N Broad Street, New Orleans, LA 70112
Market Match Kickoff Event
June 25 from 4-8pm
You do not want to miss it! Learn more on the calendar or at https://www.facebook.com/events/310179649520191/
REFRESH COMMUNITY FARM
The ReFresh Community Farm is a SPROUT NOLA project, but it's our community gardeners that make it happen. The farm is home to over 30 individual gardeners who work hard to organize project like a medicinal herb garden, monthly potlucks and community classes.
The farm is on site at the ReFresh Project, a Community Health Hub. Come see the amazing things that ReFresh does collectively!
Times
By availability! Join us for one of four weekly Volunteer for Veggies times to find out more!
Location
300 N Broad Street, New Orleans, LA 70112
ADVOCACY AND POLICY
SPROUT organizes on a city, state and national level to grow support for the farmers of the Gulf South. Our work is to increase awareness of the challenges facing all small-scale farmers like agricultural land-loss, lack of land access, marketing and economic challenges as well as difficult to navigate systems.
We organize through: Greater New Orleans Growers Alliance, New Orleans Cut Flower Collective, National Young Farmer's Coalition, Food Advocacy and Policy Committee and much more!