Our Mission

Growing Empowerment trains young people to grow healthy and sustainable food, examine the food we consume through the lens of race and heritage, and cultivate a social justice vision to take greater control of our food system.  [Learn more about the Program here]

Growing Empowerment addresses five areas:

• Provide social emotional support in a learning environment by utilizing the proven mental health benefits that comes from planting, growing, and harvesting food and other plants.​​

• Narrow the opportunity gap that frequently excludes low income youth and youth of color from active engagement in natural settings.​

• Provide an authentic learning experience: learning by creating value in the real world (producing food and serving others).​

• Foster climate stewardship by connecting youth to our natural systems. ​​

• ​Empowering young people by cultivating a racial justice examination of the food system and creating the opportunity for them to connect that to their lives, then find and amplify their voices as they share what they know with others.