StephenRitz
- Speaker
- Author
- Educator
- Innovator
- Urban Farmer
Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx educator who believes that students shouldn't have to leave their community to live, learn, and earn in a better one. Moving generations of students into spheres of personal and academic successes which they had never imagined — while reclaiming and rebuilding the Bronx — Stephen's extended student and community family have grown more than 165,000 pounds of vegetables in the Bronx while generating extraordinary academic performance.
Read Stephen's books
Buy nowThe Power of a Plant
In The Power of a Plant, globally acclaimed teacher Stephen Ritz shows readers how, in one of the nation's poorest communities, his students thrive in school and in life by growing, cooking, eating, and sharing the bounty of their green classroom.
Buy nowMake it Happen!
A story of passion, purpose, and hope! Learn more about Stephen Ritz, Green Bronx Machine, and their Tower Garden journey. Order now and get your autographed copy today.
Buy nowThe Entrepreneurial Edge
The Entrepreneurial Edge brings together 28 founders and CEOs to reveal the lessons that helped them build enduring businesses. From anticipating market shifts to leading with purpose, each chapter offers actionable insights drawn from experience. It's an essential resource for anyone launching, growing, or reinventing a business.
Expert
educator
Affectionately known as “America’s Favorite Teacher,” Stephen is dedicated to quality of teaching and quality of learning.
Discover moreWhat people are saying about Stephen
“I know, for one, that your presentation to our Clinton Foundation staff energized us to dream bigger.”
Urban
farmer
Stephen is responsible for creating the first edible classroom in the world, and now has academic and commercial farms around the globe.
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