Project Overview
The Urban Growers Leadership Program (UGLP) supports limited resource and socially disadvantaged beginning farmers within the urbanized areas of northern Rhode Island by decreasing community learning program participation barriers, providing learning and networking experiences and resources, and empowering beginning farmers to be successful and become leaders in their community. The Northern Rhode Island Conservation District (NRICD) will continue to collaborate with local and regional partners to administer training, technical assistance, networking opportunities, and funding for leading urban and community gardeners and farmers. Partners include African Alliance of Rhode Island, Farm Fresh Rhode Island, Groundwork Rhode Island, Green Circle Design, Mt. Hope Community Health Innovations of Rhode Island: Plan4Health Initiative, Providence Healthy Communities Office and Providence Parks, Sankofa, Southside Community Land Trust, University of Rhode Island, Master Gardener Program, and the Young Farmers Network. Utilizing the knowledge base and skill sets of NRICD’s partners to facilitate the UGLP has promoted diverse agricultural practices and developed a network where participants will share knowledge, experience, resources, and assistance well after their participation. The 2022 UGLP provided bilingual training in English and Spanish, along with a technical assistance program consisting of workshops, farm tours, and mentoring that will enable the long-term ability of program participants to provide technical assistance in their communities. NRICD is currently working to develop a multifaceted tool to support the program participants while developing video training resources for the participants and their communities from the 2022 workshops and will expand upon these resources in future project years. Limited resource and socially disadvantaged beginning farmers have and will continue to increase their agricultural,
Number of Participants: 80
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