…if we are going to grow farmers, we need to go beyond youth employment. Our hope for the Ball property is that it will serve as a training center, equipping passionate, talented, hard-working youth and young adults with the skills to benefit their community through small-scale farming.

The nonprofit New City Neighbors has achieved its goal of acquiring a parcel of land in Grand Rapids’ Creston neighborhood to expand local urban farming operations.

The nonprofit New City Neighbors has achieved its goal of acquiring a parcel of land in Grand Rapids’ Creston neighborhood to expand local urban farming operations.

I know I personally imagine a revolution in our communities where young adults are equipped to change the world through the art of farming, and I believe this beautiful agricultural movement will begin right in the heart of the Creston neighborhood.