Rockaway Youth Task Force get farmstand for Youthmarket
BY BILL PARRY
The Rockaway Youth
Task Force and the city Economic
Development Corporation
launched a GrowNYC
Youthmarket farm stand in
Far Rockaway.
As a key milestone of the
city’s Downtown Far Rockaway
rezoning, the farm stand
empowers young people in the
community to develop their
entrepreneurial skills while
providing residents with
fresh produce.
Union apprentices from
the New York City & Vicinity
District Council of Carpenters
completed construction of a
proper farm stand structure
for the Rockaway Youth Task
Force so they don’t have to run
their Youthmarket in a temporary
structure. The work was
done in partnership with the
Carpenter Contractor Alliance
of Metropolitan New York as
the union sponsored the material
costs throughout the construction
project.
“It’s truly great to see that
efforts from our training center
have a dual purpose of equipping
future carpenters with the
unique skills needed to thrive
in the labor force, while also
giving back to the communities
our members live and work in,”
NYCDCC Executive Secretary-
Treasurer Joseph Geiger said.
“We are thrilled to have the
opportunity to give back to the
Rockaway Youth Task Force
Community Garden and assist
them with their outreach in
their neighborhood.”
Apprentices across multiple
classes have substituted their
scheduled classes to work on the
project and started construction
three weeks ago as part of
the union’s on-the-job-training.
The union trains more than
1,500 carpenter apprentices and
14,000 journey level carpenters
each year at its New York City
training facility.
“The Rockaway Youth Task
Force is extremely grateful for
the Carpenters Union for their
generosity and time for a project
that will combat the issue
of food inequality within the
Rockaways,” Rockaway Youth
Task Force Executive Director
Milan Taylor said. “The Rockaways
are a federally labeled
food desert, and I am confident
that this project will help
Union apprentices construct a proper farm stand for the Rockaway Youth Task Force Youthmarket.
provide more affordable and
healthy food options across
our community.”
Through GrowNYC’s
Youthmarket Farmstand program,
young people sell fresh
fruits and vegetables from local
farms while learning about
health, nutrition, the environment
and regional agriculture.
In addition to teaching participants
about promotion, merchandising
and customer service
skills, the Youthmarket
will increase the availability of
fresh produce in the Far Rockaway
neighborhood.
“Providing the Rockaway
community with more fresh,
locally-grown food options
is a critical part of improving
the health and well-being
of our residents,” Councilman
Donovan Richards said.
Courtesy of NYCDCC
“The addition of this farm
stand will allow the Rockaway
Youth Task Force to enhance
the community service
they have long provided on
the peninsula.”
The Downtown Far Rockaway
Youthmarket Farmstand
will be open to the public every
Saturday through Nov. 23 from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1002-1004
Beach 20th St.
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