Urban Farming for Veterans at Columbia Center
Podcast: Veterans RadioPublished On: Tue Nov 28 2023
Description: Air Force veteran Crystal Wiggins is the program manager for the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture's Veterans Urban Farm. She explains her background, the Veterans Farm which is in its fourth year growing all types of produce that gets donated to a VA hospital, student veterans, and homeless veterans. About 15,000 pounds are produced by volunteers helping out on less than one acre in production. Crystal talks to host Jim Fausone about the value of working the ground and the resulting end product that addresses food insecurity for many groups.
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