Gangstas to Growers | From At-Risk Youth to Farmers and Entrepreneurs

Name: Gangstas to Growers | From At-Risk Youth to Farmers and Entrepreneurs
Start: 2024-06-29T09:30:00-04:00
Location: 1600 Burgundy St, Raleigh, NC 27610-1008, United States

Schedule

Sat Jun 29 2024 at 09:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

1600 Burgundy St, Raleigh, NC 27610-1008, United States | Raleigh, NC

We are delighted to welcome GANGSTAS TO GROWERS to Raleigh, NC!
Join us for an interactive workshop where the Gangstas to Growers will share their story on how they went from at-risk youth to becoming farmers and selling their products in stores. They will also demonstrate what they do to grow a successful harvest.
This workshop is FREE and open to the public. Registration is required.
Saturday, June 29, 2024️
9:30am-12pm
Millbank Urban Farm, 1600 Burgundy Drive, Raleigh, NC
This workshop is sponsored by the USDA, and in partnership with SERVE Communities and Millbank Urban Farm.
ABOUT
Gangstas to Growers (G2G) is a social enterprise focused on building worker-owned cooperatives that provide opportunities for employment, empowerment, and entrepreneurship in agriculture for at-risk and formerly incarcerated youth. Their mission is to end the cycle of poverty within our community, to provide a space of healing, to help support a black-run food system and to end recidivism.