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Growing Healthy People
Community:
Lake Forest
Focus Areas:
- Food Access
- Nutrition / Food / Gardening Education
- School Programs / Youth Education
- Workforce Development
Organization Mission:
Simply put, we are impacting lives by growing food.
Description:
Growing Healthy People has been providing educational opportunities and creating edible learning spaces through their partnerships with Lake Forest Country Day School, the Abbott Fund, and the Grainger Foundation. With an emphasis in bringing aeroponic/aquaponic/hydroponic growing technologies to greenhouse spaces, students of all ages learn how to grow food sustainably into the future.