Karen Washington

[2] Washington studied organic gardening at the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz in 2006.

Washington returned to New York after completing the training program at UC Santa Cruz and founded Farm School NYC and Black Urban Growers.

[5][6] Farm School NYC provides agricultural training and educational opportunities for New York City residents.

Their mission is "to engage people of African descent in critical food and farm-related issues that directly impact our health, communities, and economic security.

[9] In 2012, she was named in Ebony's "Power 100" of influential African-Americans, and in 2014 she received the James Beard Foundation Leadership Award.

Washington, co-founding member of Black Urban Growers, speaking at the 10th Annual Black Urban Growers Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia, October 15, 2022