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The Food Project

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by John Wang

posted Apr 13, 2009

Photo by John Wang for The Food Project
flickr.com/simplesee

A young person in our Academic Year Program (Jennifer) spent the day harvesting local apples at a community member's property in Manchester, MA. These apples were sold at local farmers' markets, donated to hunger relief organizations and canned for use during future youth retreats.

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Since 1991, The Food Project has built a national model of engaging young people in personal and social change through sustainable agriculture. Each year, they work with over a hundred teens and thousands of volunteers to farm on 31 acres in rural Lincoln, MA and on several lots in urban Boston. They focus on identifying and transforming a new generation of leaders by placing teens in unusually responsible roles, with deeply meaningful work.

Each season, The Food Project grows nearly a quarter-million pounds of food without chemical pesticides, donating half to local shelters. The remainder of the produce is sold throuh Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) crop “shares” and farmers’ markets. Locally, they also partner with urban gardeners to help them remediate their lead-contaminated soil and grow healthier food.

John Wang is Youth Program and Communications Manager for The Food Project. Visit flickr.com/simplesee to see more of John Wang's photographs.

YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these easy steps. Wang, J. (2009, April 13). The Food Project. Retrieved November 21, 2009, from YES! Magazine Web site: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/food-for-everyone/3409. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License