Educational programs
The conservancy provides programs on youth education and nutritional health and cooking. In the ''Demonstration Kitchen'' program, participants are provided instruction on cooking with recipes having high nutritional value. The ''Newark Youth Leadership Project'' (NYLP) provides training to high school students living in Newark through a year-round internship program. Interns work with staff in the following departments: horticulture, education, farm stand, media, urban farming, and office/accounting. Year-round interns receive training in finance, public speaking, and nutrition.Urban farming
Greater Newark Conservancy seeks to bolster and support urban farms in Newark, NJ. The urban farms were created with the purpose of offering low-cost and healthy foods in Newark. Participants also have the option of growing their own produce through the Plot-it-Fresh program. In 2011, the conservancy's urban farms generated 5,000 pounds of produce. The produce is sold in local farmers' markets through Youth Farm Stand – and intern-run produce stand. Crops raised include arugula, beets, cucumbers, garlic, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, lettuce, and corn. Other related programs include raising chickens and maintaining a honey bee apiary. Schools in Newark, including the Hawthorne Avenue School, have partnered with the conservancy and FoodCorps service members to provide nutrition education. Students learn to grow produce and how to incorporate those crops into hearty, healthy meals.New Jersey Reentry Corporation
The conservancy partners with thThe Prudential Outdoor Learning Center
Educational activities are held primarily at the ''Judith L. Shipley Urban Environmental Center'', the ''Prudential Outdoor Learning Center'', and at its Main education building. Many educational programs take place at the ''Judith L. Shipley Urban Environmental Center''. This center was named after Judith Shipley who along with her husband Walter Shipley, was a major donor to Greater Newark Conervancy. The ''Prudential Outdoor Learning Center'' is 1.5-acre site located on Prince Street in Newark and contains a series of outdoor exhibits, thematic gardens, and a small fish pond which includes turtles and frogs. It is the former site of the historicReferences
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