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New Beginnings Spring from the Homeless Garden Project

April 05, 2016 Suzanne Pender, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

The Homeless Garden Project (HGP) in Santa Cruz, California provides sanctuary, refuge and meaningful work for homeless citizens within the healing environment of a three-acre organic farm in Santa Cruz, California. This unique urban garden and farm is inspired by the joy that comes from growing and...

Conservation Farming

New State of the Art Food Bank Opens in West Texas

March 21, 2016 Rodney Ellison, Food and Nutrition Service Southwest Regional Office, Public Affairs Specialist

March is National Nutrition Month. Throughout the month, USDA will be highlighting results of our efforts to improve access to safe, healthy food for all Americans and supporting the health of our next generation. West Texans fighting food insecurity have a new resource to combat hunger. The West...

Food and Nutrition

University of Kentucky Collaboration Empowers Louisville's Homeless Youth

August 31, 2015 Kelly Flynn, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that every year more than 1.7 million teens experience homelessness in the United States. According to the Coalition for the Homeless, Louisville, Kentucky, had 555 young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 stay in homeless shelters over the past year. When...

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