Let's Get Growing
Clients: Lower-income communities, people residing in USDA-designated food deserts, people relying on social benefit programs (e.g. SNAP, WIC), and educational facilities offering education in edible- and production gardens
Project: Teaching people to plant, nurture and harvest fresh produce
Outcomes:
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Better access to resources for health
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Equipping people with vocational, recreational and improved social skills related to the urban farms and community gardens
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Health, Diet and Nutrition learning
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Special needs students benefit from knowledge that helps to equip them with improved skills for adulthood
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Generating food for personal consumption and/or donation to communities in need
