They produce their own salsa that is sold in six grocery stores around the metro.

By: Curtis Jay
NBC News
08/25/2011

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Near the Legends in Kansas City, Kansas, a small farm sits that produces more than just vegetables.

It also cultivates the lives of inner-city boys through a program called “BoysGrow” , founded by John Gordon, Jr., “We’re instilling respect, pride into these guys they already have it.. now they’re part of something.”

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Hunters Point Boys & Girls Club in San Francisco.

Today show’s Jenna Bush Hager (Jenna Bush) visits school garden for celebration of Chez Panisse’s 40th anniversary

Rosemina Nazarali
Foodista
August 25, 2011

Jake Gyllenhaal has teamed up with Chef Alice Waters to teach Bay Area inner-city youth about sustainable farming and eating healthier.

“I grew up around gardens and growing my own food, my family did that a lot and that was real source of community,” the Source Code actor said. “Growing up, more than anything, I got to know my mother and father and my sister and they got to know me at the dinner table.”

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