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BRONX TIMES REPORTER,18 AUGUST 14-20, 2020 BTR
GrowNYC launches
farmstand
Youth-run stand opens in Eastchester
Youth run farm stand launches in Eastchester. L M Development Partners
BY JASON COHEN
A new youth-run farmstand was
recently launched in Eastchester,
which will give children the opportunity
to sell fresh fruits and vegetables,
while learning about health, nutrition,
the environment and regional
agriculture.
GrowNYC in partnership with L+M
Development Partners, Camber Property
Group, MBD Community Housing
Corp and the Baychester Resident
Association organized the farmstand.
The GrowNYC Farmstand program
empowers young people to develop
entrepreneurial skills by teaching
them how to run farmstands in
their local communities.
Speaker Carl Heastie, Councilman
Andy King, Chairman of Community
Board 12 William Hall and others joined
representatives from GrowNYC and
L+M Development Partners for the
opening ceremony, which took place
at the Farmstand’s permanent home at
East 229th Street and Schieffelin Avenue.
“Our mission at L+M Development
Partners is about more than building
affordable housing,” said Gingi Pica,
director of community investment at
L+M Development Partners. “We also
strive to be a partner, good neighbor
and help to build strong communities
for the New Yorkers we serve. We are
proud to fund this innovative community
farmstand, which will provide
Bronx youth with an opportunity
to learn to manage a small business
while also supplying fresh fruits and
vegetables to their neighbors in a community
with limited access to healthy
food options. We are especially grateful
to the partnership and support of
GrowNYC, Speaker Heastie, Council
Member King, Community Board 12,
Camber Property Group, MBD Community
Housing Corp., the Baychester
Resident Association and everyone
else who have come together to make
the Eastchester Farmstand a reality.”
In addition to teaching participants
about promotion, merchandising and
customer service skills, this Farmstand
will increase the availability of
fresh produce in Eastchester.
The Eastchester Farmstand will
be open to the public every Thursday
through Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cash, SNAP/EBT, P-EBT, debit/
credit and Farmers Market Nutrition
Program checks are accepted. SNAP/
EBT/P-EBT users, for every $5 you
spend, get a $2 bonus in Health Bucks,
coupons that can be used to purchase
fruits and vegetables at any NY farmers
market.
“We are so grateful to our community
partners in Eastchester for
supporting our food access efforts,”
said GrowNYC President and CEO
Marcel Van Ooyen. “This new Farmstand
not only provides Eastchester
youth with employment opportunities
and experience, but it also promotes
local agriculture, and provides the
neighborhood with access to healthy
farm-fresh food.”
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