Sylvia Center Incorporated

Teen culinary apprenticeship:the teen culinary apprenticeship is a 16-week culinary program, using the sylvia center's core, plant-based curriculum, during which students develop foundational culinary skills and learn about the role of nutrition in preserving good health. The program culminates in an apprenticeship that provides professional development opportunities. Apprentices serve as chef instructors for youth culinary programming in their communities or participate in industry-related work-based learning experiences.

Learning garden at katchkie farm: the learning garden on katchkie farm, the sylvia center's upstate agricultural homebase, consists of garden beds, an outdoor cooking pavilion, and an activity/dining section. Students who visit the learning garden learn how fruits and vegetables are grown, have the opportunity to harvest and taste the plants growing there, and utilize the cooking station, led by a chef edcuator, to make a healthy dish using ingredients they picked themselves.