ALBANY – The state Department
of Agriculture and Markets has awarded some $84,000 in Community Growers
Program grants in the Hudson Valley to develop and enhance community gardens,
school gardens and urban farms.
Dutchess County Cornell Cooperative Extension will receive $21,741 to
help increase the area of cultivated, food-producing land that Green Teen’s
urban youth employees farm from 800 square feet to 3,200 square feet,
increasing production of produce by 100 percent in the first year.
Poughkeepsie Farm Project will receive $25,000 to support Seeds of the
Food System, a three-part program that improves access to healthy locally
grown food through education and produce donations.
The Young Men’s Christian Association of Kingston and Ulster County
will receive $24,480 to help sustain and strengthen the Kingston YMCA
Farm Project.
Groundwork Hudson Valley will receive $23,007 to support the development
of a community garden in the Lawrence Street neighborhood of Yonkers and
allow the Yonkers Greenway Park and Community gardens to focus on community
health needs.
