Tonight's Guest: Danielle Andrews (Boston Urban Garden)

Danielle Andrews, urban farmer for The Food Project, describes why urban agriculture requires wearing many hats today.

The farm is a social enterprise using revenue generation to fulfill its mission. Teens raise produce in Boston's Roxbury community; it's sold to EBT purchasers in farmers' markets and to high end restaurants. Danielle, teens and community members create cooking classes, build family gardens, and utilize a 10,000 square foot greenhouse as a neighborhood resource. But The Food Project isn't singlehandedly using agriculture for community development. Danielle facilitates the agriculture side of a partnership with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, which provides the organizing expertise, and jointly they use urban agriculture for community development and empowerment.