• Our Impact
  • Impact in Red Hook

Each year, RHI impacts the lives of over 6,500 residents of Red Hook. RHI’s model confronts the systems and barriers that perpetuate poverty for the Red Hook community. Youth and residents are given tools, resources and opportunities with which they can lead the way toward a more equitable, hopeful future.

Empowering Youth
  • $260,000 earned by Youth Leaders for their work to create positive change in Red Hook
  • 2,500+ community members were engaged through organizing workshops, community health fairs, seasonal farm stands and zines — all designed and implemented by Youth Leaders
  • 220 Young Adults strived toward individual goals for education, employment and professional or personal growth
  • 85% of Youth Leaders graduated from high school on-time
Building Community
  • 1,500 users logged onto Red Hook WIFI
  • 400 petition signatures to extend the rezoning timeline and invest in a Participatory Action Research project for the district
  • 68% record-setting self-response rate to ensure an accurate count in the 85th and 59th census tracts
  • 25 youth and adult residents of the Red Hook Houses completed RHI’s Organizing Academy, an intensive 8-week training academy
Investing in Residents
  • $5.5M was earned by people from Red Hook in the past five years
  • $1.6M earned from Red Hook residents through staff salaries, stipends or contracts with local businesses
  • 30+ alumni have joined RHI as permanent staff members since our founding in 2002
Responding to COVID-19
  • 3,758 food boxes containing 36,041 pounds of produce were distributed to vulnerable and food insecure residents.
  • 1,500 young adults joined a new virtual Entrepreneurship Series
  • 250 young people aged 12–24, maintained contact with RHI
  • 100% of our college students received outreach to support a safe return to Red Hook
Read the Full Impact Report
“I farm because my goals align with the goals of the farms within my community — to empower others (especially youth) and to educate others about the importance of food justice and making sure others are embracing healthy habits. I farm because it is not only just a workplace for me, but also a passion that I have adapted to for the past 4–5 years of learning a new environment and what it endures.”
— Chane, Red Hook Farms Assistant

— Chane, Red Hook Farms Assistant