2020–至今
Baby Sprout
One pot, one plant. A mint garden that fits on a window sill.
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.
我们要解决的问题
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.
来源: Figure cited from New York City food access reporting. Confirm the current source and year before the next grant cycle.
01 — Programs
我们的产品
2022–至今
Auto-Watering Planter
A waist-height planting bed that holds two months of water.
2021–至今
Baby Sprout EDU
The kit, paired with a plant science and nutrition curriculum.
02 — Partners
我们的合作伙伴
Manhattan · 始于 2021
Hudson Guild
We built our first Auto-Watering Planter with members of the Fulton Senior Center, who maintain it themselves.
Manhattan · 始于 2023
Covenant House
We donated 50 Baby Sprout EDU kits across four shelters in Manhattan and the Bronx.
Manhattan · 始于 2021
Avenues: The World School
Where the EDU curriculum was written, tested, and first taught — co-developed with Lower Division teachers.
Manhattan · 始于 2026
VISIONS at Selis Manor
Services for blind and visually impaired New Yorkers at Selis Manor. First joint session August 2026; about 60 boxes committed.
Manhattan · 始于 2026
Saint Peter's Lutheran Church
An ongoing distribution partnership that began with a joint community event in February 2026 — the partnership model working exactly as designed.
Manhattan · 始于 2025
St. Clement's Food Kitchen
Since November 2025: distribution paired with a hands-on planting workshop rather than a drop-off, for neighbors already coming to the food kitchen.
Manhattan · 始于 2025
New Sanctuary Coalition
Since September 2025: kits for families attending the weekly pro bono immigration legal clinics, alongside the childcare program run there by a MintBox member.
03 — Impact
我们迄今的成果
这里的每个数字都来自同一份数据源，附有统计口径和日期。我们不会向上取整。
$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
一套种植装值多少钱
超市的香草按束卖，往往还没用完就蔫了。一个种植套装可以周复一周地替代它。下面每个假设都可以调整——模型完全在您手中。
计算结果
- 每户每年节省
- US$363
- 所有家庭每年共节省
- US$725,920
- 套装回本时间
- 3 周
- 每年避免浪费的食材
- 2,621 kg
这是一个模型，不是实测。它只是把上面的假设相乘，并不追踪真实账单。所有输入都可编辑，您可以用自己的物价来验证。
05 — Field log
来自现场
2026年8月
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.
2026年6月
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.
2026年5月
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.
06 — Team
谁在运营 MintBox
MintBox 由高中生创立、运营，并且每年由新一批学生接续重建。
