City Seeds Urban Farm

Gateway Greening was one of four non-profit finalists for What Do You Care About TODAY?, a contest sponsored by the NBC TODAY Show and the Pepsi Refresh Project. They granted each finalist $50,000! Funds will go towards City Seeds Urban Farm.

About the City Seeds Urban Farm

The City Seeds Urban Farm is a 2.5 acre vegetable farm located near Union Station in downtown St. Louis on land provided by the Missouri Department of Transportation. Tended by St. Patrick Center clients, these urban farmers seek to overcome homelessness, beat drug addiction and cope with mental illness. Mentored by Gateway Greening, the farmers take classes in horticulture while learning hands-on vegetable production and landscape maintenance.

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