{"id":46,"date":"2017-04-23T18:57:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T22:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2017-05-14T22:04:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T02:04:32","slug":"grassroots-organizing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/grassroots-organizing\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassroots Organizing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Overview<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Food Desert Destroyers: Josh Trautwein and Daniel Clarke at TEDxBoston\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/99U9EOqLaeU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>In the above TedTalk,\u00a0Josh Trautwein and Daniel Clarke share their journey to their foundation of FreshTruck, a non-profit organization that aims to make healthy foods more accessible to the people in Boston that need it most (1). Their story exemplifies the procedures\u00a0grassroots organizers across the country take today, such as identifying their communities needs, collaborating with experts to organization model, and seeking volunteers with\u00a0aligned missions to help put the\u00a0organizer&#8217;s plan\u00a0into action.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0reason why\u00a0Trautwein and Clarke became involved in organizing within their community matches that of other organizers driven to combat food insecurity. The men noticed a pattern in Boston&#8217;s lowest-income cities, the unavoidable challenge to access local and healthy foods at a feasible price. Therefore, FreshTruck, and many other grassroots like it, was inspired by the frustration with\u00a0the food desert conditions within their community.\u00a0Organizations like Green City Market and Hell&#8217;s Kitchen Farm Project.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh Truck&#8217;s utilization of a produce-stocked school bus\u00a0to allocate healthy options\u00a0in a food desert, while proven effective, is\u00a0unalike other grassroots with aligning missions. The majority of these organizations rely on urban farming to\u00a0promote healthy living and improve food accessibility. Organizations, such as Fresh Truck, Rooftop Roots, and the Michigan Farming Initiative (to name a few) build gardens in their communities so that fresh food is available in the most deprived neighborhoods. These organizations aim to allocate healthy foods to community members at a reasonable cost, making healthy living an option for low-income families. Many urban farms, like those of the Michigan Farming Initiative and Green City Market, distribute their produce to local restaurants and grocers to increase the availability of healthy options beyond the farm.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest challenge that these organizations face, located in urban areas, is finding the space to hold these gardens. Furthermore, these spaces must have access to sunlight and soil in order to produce the fresh fruits and vegetables that their communities need. To overcome this, many organizations like\u00a0Michigan Farming Initiative, Hell&#8217;s Kitchen Farm Project, and Oregon Sustainable Agricultural Land Trust<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>have redeveloped underutilized buildings and lots and used the space to build their\u00a0urban gardens. Many organizations perceive rooftops of buildings to be perfect locations for these farms because they do not require much renovation and offer unlimited sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>These grassroots organizations exist to serve the individuals and families within their communities in most need of a healthy lifestyle change.\u00a0However, many forward-looking organizers identify youth in food deserts as their top priority, so that they can soon make effective leaders in their community one day. To organizations such as CitySprouts, The Cooking Room, Urbanstead, and the Los Angeles Community Garden Council,\u00a0connecting children to urban farming is the way to do this. Many organizations have established classrooms and programs to teach children how to grow their own fruits and vegetables, how to make healthy choices, and why these choices are crucial to their ability to learn and grow. Parents play a crucial role when it comes to improving the diet of children. Therefore, these grassroots organizations typically extend to adults as well, teaching them about healthy diets and where to find fresh produce in their neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The organizations below are examples of effective grassroots efforts because they all were organized by people within the community with the understanding of what exactly it&#8217;s residents need to improve their health. These needs can vary from city to city. For example, \u00a0Plant It Forward Farms is an organization specific to its refugee population and one that would not be as successful if their demographic was not taken into account.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the work of these grassroots organizations, whether it be directly or indirectly, impact the achievement of their communities&#8217; children in schools. Not only do many of these organizations understand the impact of a student&#8217;s health on their ability to learn, but also the power that hands-on learning can have as well. In this way, it is conceivable that the urban garden grassroots movement is one that is only\u00a0at its beginning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Examples of Grassroots Organizations<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/rooftoproots.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-120\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/rooftoproots-mark-200px-per-inch_high-res-300x242.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/rooftoproots-mark-200px-per-inch_high-res-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/rooftoproots-mark-200px-per-inch_high-res-150x121.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/rooftoproots-mark-200px-per-inch_high-res-768x619.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/rooftoproots-mark-200px-per-inch_high-res-1024x825.png 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/rooftoproots-mark-200px-per-inch_high-res-624x503.png 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/rooftoproots-mark-200px-per-inch_high-res.png 1561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/>Rooftop Roots<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">, founded in 2011, adresses social, environment, and economic injustices in <span style=\"color: #339966\">Washington DC<span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8216;s<\/span><\/span> communities. By way of their garden design, installation, and maintenance services, Rooftop Roots supplies its surrounding communities with job opportunities and access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Above all, the organization continues to provide the service that originally inspired its establishment: education of how to grow food and plants in <em>any<\/em> environment. Rooftop Roots\u00a0credits their versatile gardening curriculum to their ability to serve various ages and interests, including schools, businesses, and fellow community organizations. By making gardening more convenient and engaging, the organization hopes to progress overall interest in personal health and demonstrate the link between economic, social, and environmental justices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-122\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/photo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/photo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/photo-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/photo.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miufi.org\">The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (MUFI) is a 100% volunteer-run non-profit organization that utilizes urban farming to\u00a0address the social challenges of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #339966\">Detroit&#8217;s North End<\/span> community. Since 2011, the organization&#8217;s urban farm has grown over\u00a050,000 lbs of produce, providing fresh and healthy foods to local households, markets, restaurants and food pantries. Today,\u00a0MUFI&#8217;s efforts also focus on a more recent project: the\u00a0revamping of a two-square-block area into a\u00a0structure a community resource center, which will ultimately promote\u00a0sustainability and urban renewal. While many urban farming grassroots dedicate much of their focus to educating youth on how to make healthy choices, MUFI more fixates on economically efficient and environmentally viable\u00a0community.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-123\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/images-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/images-2.jpeg 227w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/images-2-150x147.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fed up one morning with the scarcity\u00a0healthy food options in the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #339966\">western stretch of Manhattan<\/span>, over sixty volunteers gather at the underutilized Metro Baptist Church to transform it&#8217;s rooftop into what today is called,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hkfp.org\">Hell&#8217;s Kitchen Farm Project<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">. Today, Hell&#8217;s Kitchen\u00a0increase food security in western Manhattan by distributing the rooftop farm&#8217;s fresh produce to local food pantries,\u00a0teaching health and gardening to students of a local after school program, and organizing a\u00a0Community Supported Agriculture program that serves households\u00a0to local farmers.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/citysprouts.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-127\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/color-final-logo-large-011712-300x73.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/color-final-logo-large-011712-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/color-final-logo-large-011712-150x37.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/color-final-logo-large-011712-768x188.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/color-final-logo-large-011712-624x153.jpg 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/color-final-logo-large-011712.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/>CitySprouts<\/a><\/strong><\/span> was founded in\u00a02001 by parents, teacher, and school principal of <span style=\"color: #339966\">Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/span> seeking opportunities for their children to explore the natural environment and food system around them. They\u00a0envisioned\u00a0the\u00a0potential\u00a0school garden&#8217;s ability to teach student&#8217;s about healthy food choices and provide the type of hands-on learning capable of engage students and indirectly improve their reading, writing, science, and math skills. Thus, these community members established a\u00a0school garden program in two\u00a0Cambridge schools,\u00a0which quickly developed into the organization that CitySprouts is today. Currently. CitySprouts serves every public school in Cambridge, as well as many Boston public schools too. CitySprouts&#8217;\u00a0more recent creation of a teacher forum and a year-round after school program focused on engineering and food growth exhibit the organizations continual innovation in order to further\u00a0serve their community.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-130\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-10-at-11.25.37-PM-300x65.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-10-at-11.25.37-PM-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-10-at-11.25.37-PM-150x33.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-10-at-11.25.37-PM-768x166.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-10-at-11.25.37-PM-1024x222.png 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-10-at-11.25.37-PM-624x135.png 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-10-at-11.25.37-PM.png 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/>Initiated by several parents of <span style=\"color: #339966\">New York City&#8217;s PS3<\/span> school,\u00a0<\/span><strong><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecookingroom.org\">The<\/a><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecookingroom.org\"><strong> C<\/strong>ooking Room<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0is a cutting-edge elementary school program that utilizes a dedicated kitchen classroom to offer food lessons to the children of PS3. What makes this The Cooking Room\u00a0unique is the community&#8217;s effort to integrate the program&#8217;s curriculum into that of PS3. While grassroots organizations for urban farming typically teach youth how to grow fresh produce, this program&#8217;s sixteen lessons educates students on how exactly to cook with fresh ingredients and prepare healthy meals for themselves and their families. The Cooking Room believes that this type of education is essential for combating childhood obesity in their city. By becoming familiar with fresh ingredients and healthy recipes, PS3 students will be more able to make healthy choices within and outside school walls.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-133\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/lacgc-logo1-1-300x55.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/lacgc-logo1-1-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/lacgc-logo1-1-150x27.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/lacgc-logo1-1.png 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/>Since 1998,\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"color: #339966\"><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/lagardencouncil.org\">The<\/a><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/lagardencouncil.org\"> Los Angeles Community Garden Council<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0(LACGC) has increased access to healthy foods in <span style=\"color: #339966\">LA county<\/span> via\u00a0the creation and maintenance of community gardens where neighborhoods are welcome to grow fresh produce. Many of these community farms are urban farms that deliver\u00a0their\u00a0fresh grown\u00a0vegetables to local farmers markets and people in need. Like other grassroots, LACGC prides itself on their educational gardens that teach gardening, nutrition, and cooking to foster healthy lives in county. One of their key projects include the creation of a garden achievement center in East Hollywood, which will house a public park, community garden, and classroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanstead.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-135\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-11-at-12.18.16-AM-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-11-at-12.18.16-AM-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-11-at-12.18.16-AM-150x99.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-11-at-12.18.16-AM-624x414.png 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-11-at-12.18.16-AM.png 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/>Urbanstead<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is a nonprofit organization that aims to foster bright futures for <span style=\"color: #339966\">Philadelphia<\/span> neighborhoods by empowering their youth. This organization\u00a0believes urban farming to be the avenue for this type of change, for the hands-on experience\u00a0at\u00a0urban farms provides opportunity to practice\u00a0leadership skills and develop their careers.\u00a0However, because bright futures require healthy minds and bodies, Urbanstead also values the lessons to be learned about healthy eating in these farms. Three of the organization&#8217;s programs engage Philadelphia&#8217;s youth in these practices.\u00a0Today, Urbanstead continues to work with teachers of local schools and encourage the use of urban farms as outdoor classrooms. From this should come programs that directly impact students\u00a0as they configure their futures in school.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/logo-print-300x99.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/logo-print-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/logo-print-150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/logo-print.png 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/>Inspired by sustainable farmers&#8217; markets in Europe, <span style=\"color: #339966\">Chicago<\/span> resident, Abby Mandel established the city&#8217;s first ever year-round farmers&#8217; market, known today as <span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greencitymarket.org\">Green City Market<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span> This non-profit organization strives to allocate, advocate for, and teach about sustainably-grown\u00a0produce. The Green City Market is proud to be the only farmers&#8217; market in Chicago to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to its community members. They also distribute food to local restaurants and schools. Green City Market operates eight community programs, each with its unique aim. For example, &#8220;Savor the Seasons&#8221; presents fruits or vegetables when they are most ripe, providing a hands-on lesson on how to take advantage the offerings of Chicago&#8217;s resources.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\"><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/plant-it-forward.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-147\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/logo-300x127.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/logo-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/logo-150x64.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/logo.png 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Plant It Forward Farms<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">, like other urban farming non-profits, aims to supply its population with fresh and healthy foods amidst the intense food desert of <span style=\"color: #339966\">Houston, Texas<\/span>. However, because of the overwhelming surge of refugees each year, the Farm has a unique and bipartite mission: to provide jobs for refugees who have not yet obtain the skills to work in this country and to make food accessible to Houston residents. These two foci intertwine in that many of these refugees come to America with agrarian skills, and can therefore quickly learn how to grow fruits and vegetables in this food desert. To achieve this, Plant it Forward Farms supplies classroom and hands-on training. In the end, refugees progress\u00a0as active citizens, while they\u00a0and the rest of Houston reap the benefits of their city\u00a0adopting sustainable living.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-152\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/osaltlogo-300x147-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/osaltlogo-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2017-cdardins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2017\/04\/osaltlogo-300x147-150x74.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>In 1995, the <span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/www.osalt.org\">Oregon Sustainable Agricultural Land Trust<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(OSALT) was established as a non-profit land trust with the mission to\u00a0reserving donated agricultural land as a mode of\u00a0research and education on sustainable agriculture. In 2017, OSALT uses much of their accumulated land as community gardens both inside and outside the <span style=\"color: #339966\">city of Oregon<\/span>. The organization has also established a program called &#8220;The Urban Farm Collective.&#8221; This program unites community members to redevelop underutilized lots into urban food gardens, which in turn, will enhance the community&#8217;s knowledge\u00a0about nutrition and eventually combat food insecurity in urban Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In the above TedTalk,\u00a0Josh Trautwein and Daniel Clarke share their journey to their foundation of FreshTruck, a non-profit organization that aims to make healthy foods more accessible to the people in Boston that need it most (1). 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