“Nonprofit group makes farmers of urban teens”
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: The Boston Globe
The nonprofit Food Project empowers youth while educating and engaging them in sustainable agriculture. Not only do teens learn about nutrition and health through farming, but they also gain vital workforce skills such as leadership training, community building and marketing through the organization’s Farmers’ Markets and Community Supported Agriculture programs. The Boston Globe highlighted the work of this unique organization and its impact on the urban agriculture movement.
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Featuring The Food Project, a grantee of the Ludcke Foundation, the Schrafft Charitable Trust and the Foley Hoag Foundation.
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