Urban Farm – Brennan

Hi, my name is Brennan Pascal Persenaire Hogeterp (It’s a doozie I know). I am 16 years old and am in tenth grade at Grand Rapids Christian High School. I am from West Africa where my parents were both missionaries. We moved to America permanently about 3 years ago. I...

Urban Farm – Rileigh

My name is Rileigh Haan and I am the manager of customer service at New City Urban Farm, and this is my second year working here. Some exciting things have been happening on the farm as well as doing our normal work. Today we started the morning off by weeding and...

Urban Farm – D’Metrik

This week, New City Urban Farm went to visit Groundswell Farm, and it was a really fun experience. We got to tour the farm which was a really neat and interesting thing. We thank Tom (the owner) for letting us come out and visit. As employees we  appreciate it and...

Bakery – Cutthroat Challenge

Every Monday afternoon we have a challenge for the students to compete in. Students make cookies, bars, or other items and compete to see who’s item will end up in the Bakery. This past Monday we did things a little different. Students formed teams of two, and...

Bakery – Matt and Claudia

My name is Claudia and this is my second year at the Bakery. I’ve learned that doing the same recipe a lot will make the recipe go by faster. I love baking and working in the store, but cleaning the lunch room is not very fun. I also don’t like it when I...

Bakery – Eli

I’m Eli. The Bakery is fun and I like to know that I did a good job and followed the directions perfectly. My favorite thing to make is the Oatmeal Carmelitas, and I’ve never got that recipe wrong. I really don’t like it when I mess up a direction or...