“New York Yankees Healthy Home Plate Program” Partners with “Tower Farms” and “Green Bronx Machine” to Teach Local Young People About the Importance of Nutrition and Ways to Prepare Healthy, Affordable Meals

The New York Yankees today announced that the Yankee Stadium Tower Garden will be unveiled tomorrow, Monday, May 23 at 1:45 p.m. at Yankee Stadium’s Gate 2. Participating in the event will be community leaders, Yankees executives, local  students and Yankees pitchers Nestor Cortes and Michael King (full list of attendees noted further below). 

The structure, located inside Yankee Stadium’s Gate 2, uses the vertical, aeroponic garden system of Tower Farms (www.towerfarms.com), allowing for the growth of healthy, fresh produce that requires minimal resources. The garden will be used to provide a hands-on learning experience for students taking part in the “New York Yankees Healthy Home Plate Program,” which the team has been proudly conducting since 2011. Additionally beginning in June, items grown in the space  

will be served to fans in select menu items, most notably in salads found at Yankee Stadium “grab-and-go” locations. 

The “New York Yankees Healthy Home Plate Program” (www.mlb.com/yankees/community/healthy-lifestyles) — which teaches children how to prepare and incorporate healthy, sustainable and affordable meals into one’s lifestyle — will serve young  people from New Settlement (www.newsettlement.org), a Bronx nonprofit organization that aims to break systemic barriers,  advance justice, promote leadership and strengthen neighborhoods in the Bronx. To further reinforce the lessons provided in the Yankees Healthy Home Plate program at Yankee Stadium, New Settlement will be receiving Tower Garden equipment at their  facility in the Bronx. 

As part of the Yankees Healthy Home Plate program, which is supported by Yankee Stadium’s Legends Hospitality, kitchens in Yankee Stadium are utilized as classrooms with Legends Senior Executive Chef Matt Gibson engaging young people with hands on cooking demonstrations. Each student participant receives a personalized chef’s jacket, a cookbook of healthy recipes, a bag  filled with provisions to prepare healthy meals at home, a gift card from Peapod and tickets to attend a Yankees game. 

The curriculum for the Yankees Healthy Home Plate program has been curated with the assistance of the Green Bronx Machine (www.greenbronxmachine.org), a nonprofit organization founded by life-long educator Stephen Ritz who observed the effect of  students’ food choices on scholastic performance, engagement and ambition. Originally an afterschool, alternative program for  high school students, Green Bronx Machine has evolved into a full K-12+ indoor gardening curriculum. 

Those attending Monday’s event include: 

• Brian Smith, Senior Vice President, Corporate/Community  Relations, New York Yankees 
• Nestor Cortes, pitcher, New York Yankees 
• Michael King, pitcher, New York Yankees 
• Matt Gibson, Senior Executive Chef, Legends Hospitality at  Yankee Stadium 
• Drew Weisberg, Major League Dietician, New York Yankees • Students from the Green Bronx Machine program • Stephen Ritz, Founder, Green Bronx Machine 
• James Coffman, Senior Director, Global Tower Garden • Steve Williams, Senior Director, Global Tower Garden • Rigaud Noel, Executive Director, New Settlement • Lorraine Hernandez, Director of After School Programs,  New Settlement  
• Jimi Orekoya, Director of the Community Center, New  Settlement  
• Allison Palmer, Associate Exec. Director, New Settlement 

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YANKEE STADIUM TOWER GARDEN TO BE UNVEILED AT MEDIA EVENT, MON., MAY 23, continued 

WHAT: YANKEE STADIUM TOWER GARDEN UNVEILED TO MEDIA 

DATE/TIME: MONDAY, MAY 23 at 1:45 P.M. 

MEDIA CHECK-IN: YANKEE STADIUM LOBBY (NEXT TO GATE 2 – JEROME AVE. NEAR E. 164TH STREET) Please arrive between 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. to allow time for security screening. 

The media event will begin at 1:45 p.m. 

RSVP REQUIRED: Please apply via the MLB Credentialing system (credentials.mlb.com) and e-mail Michael Margolis ([email protected]) regarding your attendance, noting 

all names expected to attend from your entity, along with their specific functions 

(ex: reporter, photographer, cameraperson, etc.). 

PARKING: FREE PARKING FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE EVENT IS AVAILABLE IN THE 164TH ST. GARAGE, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO GATE 2 (ENTRANCE TO PARKING LOT ON SW CORNER OF E. 164TH ST. & RIVER AVE) Please take a ticket upon entry to the garage, bring it with you, and notify Michael Margolis 

at the event. 

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