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The CHEF Project
Cultivating a Healthy Environment for Farmers
The Corporation for Findlay Market was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help develop urban farmers to produce food for sale at the market. We are pleased to announce our first class of urban growers. The participants are pictured at right. Back row left to right, Cynthia M. Brown project coordinator from the Corporation for Findlay Market, David McDonald, Cincinnati native and urban farmer, Sarah Saheb, project partner from the Service Employees International Union. Front row, Guinevereye Morales from Xela, Guatemala and Carlos Sanchez, also from Xela, Guatemala. Both Carlos and Guinevereye said they are proud to have been chosen for the project and can’t wait to begin farming. The fourth participant, Ahtni Hunter (not pictured) is a Mississippi native who has worked the land most of his life. All four participants are veteran farmers but the demands of small urban spaces provide unique challenges.The Corporation for Findlay Market will provide mentoring for the group though its partners, the Civic Garden Center, OSU Extension South Research Center, The Kenton County Extension Service, and The Greater Cincinnati Master Gardeners Association. All four farmers will grow food for their families and sell surplus at Findlay Market’s Tuesday and Sunday farmers markets. The farmers hope to begin selling at market by mid-June.
Cultivating a Healthy Environment for Farmers
The Corporation for Findlay Market was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help develop urban farmers to produce food for sale at the market. We are pleased to announce our first class of urban growers. The participants are pictured at right. Back row left to right, Cynthia M. Brown project coordinator from the Corporation for Findlay Market, David McDonald, Cincinnati native and urban farmer, Sarah Saheb, project partner from the Service Employees International Union. Front row, Guinevereye Morales from Xela, Guatemala and Carlos Sanchez, also from Xela, Guatemala. Both Carlos and Guinevereye said they are proud to have been chosen for the project and can’t wait to begin farming. The fourth participant, Ahtni Hunter (not pictured) is a Mississippi native who has worked the land most of his life. All four participants are veteran farmers but the demands of small urban spaces provide unique challenges.The Corporation for Findlay Market will provide mentoring for the group though its partners, the Civic Garden Center, OSU Extension South Research Center, The Kenton County Extension Service, and The Greater Cincinnati Master Gardeners Association. All four farmers will grow food for their families and sell surplus at Findlay Market’s Tuesday and Sunday farmers markets. The farmers hope to begin selling at market by mid-June.
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