Democratizing access to healthy food.

MintBox is a nonprofit founded and run by high school students in New York City. We build single-pot mint growing boxes and self-watering planters, and we donate them — more than 2,000 boxes so far, delivered in person to the organizations that ask.

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A Baby Sprout box on a window sill, planted with young mint.

MintBox members handing Baby Sprout kits to visitors at a distribution event.

El problema en el que trabajamos

3 million

New Yorkers live in a food desert.

More than three million New Yorkers live in a food desert — a neighborhood without reliable access to fresh, affordable produce. Growing a little of your own food does not fix that. It does put fresh herbs and vegetables within reach of a window sill, a classroom, or a senior center common room, and it is something a person can start this week.

Fuente: Figure cited from New York City food access reporting. Confirm the current source and year before the next grant cycle.

01 — Programs

Lo que fabricamos

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2020–presente
Baby Sprout
Una maceta, una planta. Un huerto de menta que cabe en el alféizar de una ventana.
2022–presente
Auto-Watering Planter
Una jardinera a la altura de la cintura que almacena dos meses de agua.
2021–presente
Baby Sprout EDU
El kit, junto con un currículo de ciencia vegetal y nutrición.

02 — Partners

Con quién trabajamos

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03 — Impact

Lo que hemos hecho hasta ahora

Cada cifra sale de un solo archivo, lleva una definición y tiene fecha. No redondeamos hacia arriba.

Impacto

$2,500+
Raised since 2020
2,000+
Boxes donated
75
EDU kits donated
3
Self-watering planters built
3
Partner organizations
120
Students reached

04 — What a kit is worth

Cuánto vale un kit

En el supermercado las hierbas se venden en manojos que no alcanzas a terminar antes de que se marchiten. Un kit reemplaza eso, semana tras semana. Cambia cualquier supuesto: el modelo está en tus manos.

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Esto es lo que da

Ahorro por hogar, al año: $363
Ahorro de todos los hogares, al año: $725,920
El kit se paga solo en: 3 semanas
Producto que no se tira, al año: 2,621 kg

Esto es un modelo, no una medición. Multiplica los supuestos de arriba; no sigue recibos reales. Todos los valores son editables para que los compares con tus propios precios.

05 — Field log

Desde el terreno

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agosto de 2026
First session at VISIONS at Selis Manor
A morning session at 135 West 23rd Street with KidsKnowRights, hosted by VISIONS' program and community engagement team, for blind and visually impaired New Yorkers. We committed about 60 boxes; the pot shipment arrived broken, so 10 went out on the day and the rest are being scheduled. Mint is a plant you can grow by touch and smell — this partnership is shaping every guide we print.
junio de 2026
Two thousand boxes
Somewhere this spring, the total number of MintBoxes donated since 2020 passed two thousand. It took three years to donate the first two hundred and about two more to donate the next eighteen hundred. The year-by-year records are being reconciled for the impact page.
mayo de 2026
200 kits to school families
Requests came through a parent form and delivery ran to homerooms rather than entrance pickup. Demand outran supply — more than 40 additional families asked after the first giveaway, so the form closed when materials ran out. Every family already on the list still received a box.