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Local Dayton nonprofits The Other Place and TransPlant Project have come together to create a program that will help the men residing at the new men’s Gateway shelter learn useful job and life skills while earning a paycheck. Through intense horticultural training offered by TransPlant, and case management and life skills classes offered by The Other Place, we are hopeful that the Gettysburg Gateway Micro-Farm will lead its employees to permanent employment in the “green” job sector. The Micro-Farm will not only provide jobs for individuals who have high barriers to employment, but it will also provide a needed source of healthy, sustainable, local food to our community.
The Micro-Farm will feature 200 raised beds full of produce grown using sustainable, best agricultural practices. The produce harvested will be used at the Gateway shelters, with surplus sold to the community and surrounding areas. The Gettysburg Gateway Micro-Farm is part of the Farm2ForkFresh CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), a collaborative CSA of many of Dayton’s local farmers that will offer a box brimming with fresh produce to its members with pick-up points available throughout Dayton.
Check it out! WHIO-TV came out to interview The Other Place’s Executive Director Tina Patterson and TransPlant Project’s Howard Solganik.
Keep up with our blog to track the micro-farm’s progress from its creation to its harvests!
For pictures of the area the micro-farm will be constructed on keep reading.
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May 6: Before raised bed construction begins
This is the area in front of the men’s shelter where the micro-farm’s raised beds will be constructed. Tune in next week for more pics of its progress!
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