Tue 6/3 @ 2PM
The Cleveland Botanical Garden’s Green Corps feeds the region’s urban farming movement at the roots: it exposes teenagers to farming and gives them training in sustainable growing at its five “learning farms,” while teaching them skills like team work, community engagement, and entrepreneurship. The program hires 70-75 young people each season to work about 20 hours a week.
And all that produce they grow is available to the public. The kids also run weekly markets that not only offer their products to the community but also offers the community a way to help fund the program. The markets all kick off this week and run through the week of 10/14.
Here are the locations and dates:
Buckeye Learning Farm
11305 Woodland Ave.
Tuesdays 2-5:30 pm
June 3rd-October 14th
Fairfax Farm Stand
2347 E. 79th St.
Wednesdays 2-5:30 pm
June 4th-October 15th
Lonnie Burten Farm Stand
2511 E. 46th St.
Tuesdays 2-5:30 pm
June 3rd-October 14th
Midtown Farm Stand
1945 E. 66th St.
Thursdays 8 am-1 pm
June 5th-October 16th
Slavic Village Learning Farm
5406 Fleet Ave.
Wednesdays 2-5:30 pm
June 4th-October 15th
cbgarden.org/lets-learn/green-corps