Herb & Farm Urban Garden Program | Atwood Community Gardens

The Herb & Farm Urban Agriculture
Program will help gardeners learn how
to maximize income from their produce
by creating several new distribution and
sales channels: mobile farm stands,
tailgate markets, on-site farm stands,
pick-your-own operation, etc. We will
develop detailed marketing strategies
to explore sales and charitable
opportunities to restaurants,
institutions, schools and grocery stores
to ensure diversity remains the
corner-stone of our stability.

COMMUNITY GARDENING

FARMER'S MARKETS

COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS

COMMUNITY SERVICE &
OUTREACH

The Herb & Farm Urban Agriculture Program will help foster
a grassroots activism among students and their families as
we create a local food market, regionally self-sufficient food
systems and S.T.E.M.-based sustainable practices.
The Herb & Farm Program will raise awareness of how the
life cycle of organically grown food can positively impact the
environment and improve economic development
opportunities within each community.

Herb & Farm cooking demonstrations will enhance
the urban agricultural experience and its connection
to the culinary and hospitality industries. Herb &
Farm will partner with chefs across the state that will
demonstrate how organically grown produce help
create high-quality dishes. Visitors will sample their
creations in our commercial kitchen or during our
on-site cooking demonstrations.

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The objectives of Herb & Farm are to:

Re-establish a sense of connection to the land
Foster a strong sense of community and
cooperation
Provide food security for disadvantaged groups
Provide work and training for the unemployed,
fresh produce for the food bank, and a venue
for other local farms to sell products
Provide inner-city residents sources of
healthful, reasonably priced groceries

HERB & FARM FY2012 TRAINING SCHEDULE
Saturday Registration begins February 1, 2012
Summer Internship Registration begins April 1, 2012
Download 2011 Herb & Farm Youth Presentation

Click here to view the
photo gallery from our
FY2011 Summer
Internship Program at
A twood Community
Gardens

Atwood Community Gardens
779 Atwood Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30310

NSYEP Headquarters
1890-A Briarcliff Circle NE
Atlanta, GA 30329

Contact: Events@nextstepsyep.org
678.570.0398
www.nextstepsyep.org

Using the transferable skills within the urban agriculture industry to
introduce at-risk students to career pathways in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (S.T.E.M.)

"Embracing Empowerment"

Atwood Community Gardens

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NSYEP is a 501c3 tax exempt non-profit organization and a service
program of the Richard Basil Foundation, the Vigor Consortium and the
National Black Men's Health Network