Newark school to get $50K to help build urban farm staffed by students
The farm will be managed by an urban farmer, and staffed by students and will feature a hydroponic greenhouse, apple orchard, vegetable beds and an outdoor kitchen.
By Chris Sheldon
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Jun 24, 2020
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A Newark school will soon be the home of an urban farm that will be used to help educate students there about agriculture, business and health.
Outdoor retailer L..L. Bean and The Trust for Public Land (TPL), a non-profit organization, announced the recipients of the annual L.L.Bean Community Fund Award and said that a $50,000 grant was awarded to the Rider Farm Greenhouse project to create an urban farm at West Side High School.
The farm will be managed by an urban farmer, and staffed by students and will feature a hydroponic greenhouse, apple orchard, vegetable beds and an outdoor kitchen.
Other projects include the creation of a community forest near as school in Huntington, Vermont and a park in Callicoon, New York.
“Now in the second year of our partnership with The Trust for Public Land, we are furthering our commitment to help get more people outdoors to experience the many benefits that come with time outside,” Shawn Gorman, L.L.Bean’s Executive Chairman and great-grandson of L.L. Bean said in a statement. “The three grant recipients selected this year aligned perfectly with our mission of making innovative outdoor spaces accessible to all, the first step to helping communities nationwide reap the countless benefits of spending time outside.”
