Cornell University Partners With Queens Family Center, Salvation Army To Plant Seeds For Expansive Community Garden For Local Community Members

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PARTNERS WITH QUEENS FAMILY CENTER TO PLANT THE SEEDS FOR AN EXPANSIVE COMMUNITY GARDEN

Kicks off 8-Week Program to Teach Nutrition and Sustainable Gardening to Local Families and Kids – On Earth Day

Planting Project in Queens. Image Credit –  R.J. Anderson/Cornell Cooperative Extension

The Salvation Army Greater New York teams up with Cornell University to launch an eight-week program that puts nutritional gardening information into the hands of Springfield Family Center residents.

A team of Cornell agriculture, nutrition, and education faculty and experts will work with residents to lay the garden, which will put a wide range of healthy and delicious produce on local families’ tables – from cherry tomatoes and collards to rainbow lacinato and cilantro.

Planting Project in Queens. Image Credit –  R.J. Anderson/Cornell Cooperative Extension

Residents will also be given a small section of the garden to grow on their own, while a local motorcycle group is giving back by delivering compost.

The Completed Planting Project in Queens. Image Credit –  R.J. Anderson/Cornell Cooperative Extension

This will take place on Saturday, April 22. At 10AM – motorcyclists deliver compost

At 1PM, residents and Cornell experts plant the garden

Planting Project in Queens. Image Credit –  R.J. Anderson/Cornell Cooperative Extension

The garden and event is located at Springfield Family Center, 146-80 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica Queens, NY. This is expected to provide food for the local families who will be tending the garden.

Banner Image: Children planting in Queens community garden. Image Credit –  RJ Anderson

Kwesi Joseph