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Youth Growing Organics en Worcester, o YouthGROW, es un programa de empleo y desarrollo juvenil centrado en la agricultura urbana para adolescentes de Worcester
Nuestro programa
YouthGROW emplea de 32 a 40 adolescentes de secundaria (de 14 a 18 años) durante todo el año que adquieren habilidades de liderazgo y laborales mientras mantienen dos granjas orgánicas urbanas.
Los YouthGROWers completan un plan de estudios centrado en desarrollo profesional, habilidades de liderazgo, agricultura urbana y justicia social (PLUS) mediante la participación en la sesión de verano de 8 semanas, talleres mensuales, pasantías y servicio comunitario.
three Urban Farm Campuses
lessons learned
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Consensus decision making
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Financial literacy
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Food Systems (Local vs. Conventional)
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How to use farm tools
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Plant Identification
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Public speaking skills
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How to create a resume
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Urban agriculture knowledge and more!
REC YouthGROWers say it best! Check out their podcast episode, YouthTalks:
Staff positions
Core Youth: All students new to the program start as Core Youth members.
Youth Leaders: The first leadership position within YouthGROW. Youth leaders lead farm tasks in small groups during program time, give farm tours for visitors, and run our annual spring hiring process for new youth.
Junior Staff: The highest leadership role within the program, Junior Staff lead farm tasks during youth program time and for outside volunteer groups, lead farm tours year round, support school gardens programming, and represent the larger cohort at conferences and on community coalitions.
Youthgrow in a year
Core Youth Application goes live!
Core Youth Interviews
Summer Intensive
Fall Session
Winter Break
Junior Staff Interviewed and Hired
Youth Leaders Interviewed and Hired
Spring Session
¡Gracias a nuestros patrocinadores de YouthGROW!
YouthGROW funding provided by the United Way of Central Massachusetts as a part of DESE's After School and Out of School Time Subgrant Funding
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