Farm-to-community center launches in Newark
Urban Agriculture Cooperative (UAC), a farm-to-city social enterprise in Newark, is collaborating with RWJBarnabas Health to launch Harvest. This is a health farm to community center that promotes nutrition education and addresses food insecurity.
This is an initiative that is the first-of-its-kind that will bring together education, agriculture, health care, and economic development in one place that is designed to improve health outcomes in the area of Greater Newark.
Harvest will be on Halsey Street in the Hahne’s Building. It will be a hub for programs driven by the community to provide comprehensive nutrition and wellness education, expand access to nutritious food, and support local food entrepreneurs. It will be a distribution center for farm fresh produce. It has over 2,100 square feet of dry and cold storage and will be able to package and distribute eggs, produce, meats, and other products from New Jersey to more food pantries, schools, and meal providers.
It will also have a teaching kitchen that is fully equipped for nutrition education programs and cooking demonstrations to demonstrate practical cooking skills for healthy eating. An accessible membership model for local chefs, food business owners, and caterers to state-of-the-art facilities so they can prepare food and bake fresh bread.
Such facilities can benefit from flyer printing to provide more information about their offerings and benefits for the community.
Harvest is expected to open in December.
This is an initiative that is the first-of-its-kind that will bring together education, agriculture, health care, and economic development in one place that is designed to improve health outcomes in the area of Greater Newark.
Harvest will be on Halsey Street in the Hahne’s Building. It will be a hub for programs driven by the community to provide comprehensive nutrition and wellness education, expand access to nutritious food, and support local food entrepreneurs. It will be a distribution center for farm fresh produce. It has over 2,100 square feet of dry and cold storage and will be able to package and distribute eggs, produce, meats, and other products from New Jersey to more food pantries, schools, and meal providers.
It will also have a teaching kitchen that is fully equipped for nutrition education programs and cooking demonstrations to demonstrate practical cooking skills for healthy eating. An accessible membership model for local chefs, food business owners, and caterers to state-of-the-art facilities so they can prepare food and bake fresh bread.
Such facilities can benefit from flyer printing to provide more information about their offerings and benefits for the community.
Harvest is expected to open in December.