March 15, 2021
Spring has sprung and we are still taking time to look at some of our New Roots farmers. New Roots is a national community garden program in which the IRC helps people to reconnect to their farming past and create fruitful tomorrows. The Dallas IRC manages four gardens throughout the city with a total of 37 gardeners. Participants grow food both for their families and to sell at a farm stand.
In the fall growing season, our longtime partner, Northridge Presbyterian Church sponsored refugee farmers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to offset the income they are losing from not selling at the closed markets. The produce that was not being sold was donated by our farmers and distributed into the community of Vickery Meadows by the New Roots Food Security program.