Hello world,
So we were told to do I guess like a "mock" wikipedia entry on paper. As some may know Im doing the Englewood community/Growinng Home (a farm in the englewood community). So Im going to attempt to do a rough Draft, keep in my mind I do mean Ruff lol. Please dont slay me, i know exactly what I need to do!
Growing Home/Englewood Farm
Growing Home works in communities where we can make a positive economic difference. In Englewood, Growing Home holds a weekly farm stand for our neighbors, and in 2011 staff have piloted a mini CSA program which offers a low-cost purchasing option for residents of Englewood. Growing Home Provides transitional employment and training to chicagoans who have multiple barriers to employment such as having been previously homless or incarcerated. Through a social enterprise business based on agriculture the job training program assists individuals in securing permanent and unsubsidized employment. The unique job readiness curriculm helps reintroduce participants back into the workforce.
Contents
summary
history
Mission
History
Growing Home was founded in 1996 by Les brown, in order to provide job training for the needy Chicagoans. Les Brown was the policy director at the Chicago Coalition for the homless, he recognized that the critical lack of living -wage jobs was one of the major factors in the leading cause of homlessness, but that a sense of purpose was also a component to breaking the cycle of homelessness.
Unfortunately Les Brown passed away in 2005. But before he died, he wrote, "Our organic farming program is a way for them (the homless) to connect with nature-to plant and nature roots over a period of time. When you get involved in taking responsibilty for caring for something creating emotion and a connection."
Mission
"Growing Homes mission is to operate, promote, and demonstrate the use of organix agriculture as a vehicle for jobtraining, employment and cimmunity development."
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