Partnership for Growth Launches Urban Farming Initiative for South and West LA
The program will coordinate and scale urban farming and gardening efforts across South and West LA, leveraging local urban agricultural expertise and creating economically sustainable food distribution to local food businesses.
LA Sentinel
July 13, 2023
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“We’re redefining hyperlocal farm to table — planted and grown with this diverse community. Our master farmers are teaching people how to farm, and then the produce that we are cultivating will be sold to local markets and restaurants,” said Rabbi Simonds, who is also the founding executive director of Jewish Center for Justice.?
“This will be a model of how we use and think about urban space. Our mission and vision is to grow right here in the community and for this to be replicated throughout the country so that other congregations and other small plots of land can be used to cultivate healthy food.”
“As the rest of the country and other neighborhoods recover from the pandemic, our community is being left behind in many ways. Many of us are living paycheck to paycheck and are still looking to find grocery stores in our communities where we have access to healthy and affordable food,” said Rev. Anderson, senior pastor of McCarty Memorial Christian Church in the city’s West Adams neighborhood.?
“In South and West L.A., there are not that many grocery stores that have good, healthy food. We can change this by partnering with our community partners, members and master farmers to put our hands in the dirt and bring healthy food to our community.”?
