St. Louis’ Gateway Greening was awarded $50,000 from the Pepsi Refresh Project
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.
As the seasons change, farmers undergo a personal transformation as their experience instills teamwork, responsibility and self-confidence. Food grown is sold at Tower Grove Farmers’ Market, Downtown Farmers’ Market, sold wholesale to Food Outreach to provide salaries for St. Patrick Center participants; and is donated to nearby food pantries.
The urban farm features 48 raised veggie beds, a native plant nursery, dwarf fruit tree orchard, ornamental shrub borders, drip irrigation, rain water catch cistern, outdoor classroom, harvest station, tool sheds, composting bins, a greenhouse and 3 bee hives.
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