Teens for Food Justice Receives $300,000 USDA Grant For Ambitious Hydroponic Farm Expansion on the Rockaway Peninsula
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NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Nonprofit Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ) has been awarded a $300,000, three-year grant by the U.S. Department ofAgriculture(USDA)to expand its school-based, indoor hydroponic farming program throughout the Rockaway Peninsula.
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- NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Nonprofit Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ) has been awarded a $300,000, three-year grant by the U.S. Department ofAgriculture(USDA)to expand its school-based, indoor hydroponic farming program throughout the Rockaway Peninsula.
- According to the Rockaway Business Alliance, there are only 31 delis, bodegas, and supermarkets among 1,809 retail businesses, limiting the access to healthy produce.
- "We are honored and thrilled to be one of only 11 Implementation Projects selected by the USDA, nationwide.
- TFFJ students use real-world 21st-century science and technology to grow up to 10,000 pounds (per school) of hydroponic produce annually.