New Urban Farmers
How Does Your Garden Grow?
By Nancy Kirsch
Photos by Stephanie Ewens
We are excited to announce that New Urban Farmers was featured in the Providence magazine Edible Rhody. Thank you Nancy, Cherry, and all involved! Click
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“This corn is da bomb,” said Pitio, a 7-year-old boy, as he eagerly munched on a freshly roasted ear of succulently sweet corn on an overcast late September afternoon.
The delicious smell of roasting corn, fresh from a farm adjacent to New Urban Farmers’ (NUF) five-acre farm in Seekonk, Massachusetts, tempted both adults and children working or lounging in NUF’s community garden in a Pawtucket public housing development, Galego Court, on Weeden Street.
Founded in 2008 and incorporated in 2009, NUF works to increase access to healthy food for individuals and families in Pawtucket and Central Falls, cities whose low-income residents suffer from lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Their mission: “A community that grows together, grows together.” NUF empowers low-income individuals, families and at-risk youth with education and collaboration.
Nearly 20 years ago, the one and one-half acre spot had been a playground; the Pawtucket Housing Authority—whom Emily Jodka, assistant director, praises for their contributions—and NUF cleared the overgrown lot to create some 100 garden beds for the housing development residents.
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