260: Amanda Jordan-Starks on Vacant Land into Urban Gardens

260: Amanda Jordan-Starks on Vacant Land into Urban Gardens

Nourishing a community and its youth through transformative garden programs on vacant properties.

In This Podcast: Vacant lands can become whatever you see in them, and for Amanda Jordan Starks she sees potential. Potential for her community, and especially the youth that can grow and blossom by working the land and growing the food that nourishes the people that make up the community.  She tells us more about the programs that are working to make this happen in her area.

Amanda is third generation Californian, raised in a small coastal town near the Oregon border. She went to the University of California, San Diego to pursue a degree in International Studies-Political Science, and obtained her Master's degree in Social Justice.  

Amanda currently works with UrbanLife Ministries, and directs its youth outreach and community development activities.  Her love for growing food and serving youth came together when she began directing the UrbanLife Farms program which uses vacant land to grow local, healthy produce and provide job skills training to teenagers. Her favorite veggies are radishes and artichokes!

Go to https://www.urbanfarm.org/2017/07/13/260-amanda-jordan-starks/ for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests.