We improve the health and sustainability of school communities.
We believe a direct, personal connection to nature and our food system is fundamental to a healthy life, and that every child deserves access to good food and the chance to learn outside. We make that happen by running school gardens and farms across the East Bay.
On the ground at a partner schoolfounded in Oakland, planting trees neighborhood by neighborhood.
Title 1 public schools across four East Bay districts.
students in our programs this school year.
staff plus 117 student apprentices, rooted in school communities.
Over a decade of grassroots school greening.
Growing Together began as neighbors greening public spaces and planting fruit trees. As schools saw how the work changed students, it grew into integrated outdoor learning across four districts.
Founded in Oakland
Neighbors planting trees and greening public spaces, block by block.
First school farm
Students and Farmer Oscar turn an unused baseball field into a one-acre farm — the start of our farm-to-school food system.
A statewide coalition
With Ten Strands, we co-found the California School Garden Coalition — now 80+ organizations.
49 schools, 4 districts
11,590 students reached. WCCUSD names us Partner of the Year.
Led by the people who do the work.
Our team is intersectional by design: educators, landscapers, naturalists, farmers, business operators, and school parents.
WCCUSD Partner of the Year, 2026.
Named by West Contra Costa Unified in May 2026. Growing Together Bay Area Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit · EIN 88-2293022 · independently audited.
93¢ of every dollar goes directly to programs.
Five diversified revenue streams, 7% admin and operations.
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We hire educators, farmers, builders, and organizers from the communities we serve.