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Urban Farming
Posted by The.IRC on March 21st, 2013
Thanks to a tractor donated by a local church, refugee farmers in the IRC's New Roots program in Phoenix will be able to do their work in half the time and harvest twice as much land. more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States, US - Phoenix, AZ | Tags: refugees, community gardening, new roots, resettlement, urban farming |
Posted by The.IRC on January 18th, 2013
"When I'm here in the garden, I feel like I'm home." So says Ugandan refugee Luchia Lokonyen, who finds healing in a 600 square-foot IRC New Roots garden. Watch NBC video more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States, US - San Diego, CA | Tags: refugees, community gardening, new roots, resettlement, urban farming, Ugandan refugees, Luchia Lokonyen |
Posted by The.IRC on January 7th, 2013
Today's Wall Street Journal features the story of Burmese refugee Ah Lun, who found a job at one of Soho's hottest restaurants — the David Burke Kitchen — through the IRC’s New Roots program. more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, new roots, urban farming, community gardens, David Burke, Ah Lun | 1 Comments
Posted by George.Rupp on December 31st, 2012
From San Diego to the South Bronx, the IRC's New Roots program is enabling hundreds of resettled refugees to grow their own healthy foods and earn income. more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, new roots, urban farming, community gardens, David Burke, Drew Gardens, Ah Lun, GR 2012 |
Posted by The.IRC on November 7th, 2012
Learn how resettled refugees are building new lives from the bounty of American soil by joining us on our upcoming Briefing from the Field call, November 15. more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States | Tags: community gardening, new roots, urban farming |
Posted by The.IRC on August 22nd, 2012
From rural Idaho to the streets of the Bronx, refugees are at work in America—growing fresh produce, raising organic livestock, and building small businesses. more »
Posted by The.IRC on July 24th, 2012
This morning, Chef David Burke appeared live on The Weather Channel to speak about New Roots. He showed viewers how to cook a recipe he first developed while at Drew Gardens, an IRC New Roots garden in the Bronx. more »
Posted in New Roots | Tags: new roots, urban farming, David Burke |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on July 20th, 2012
A warm welcome spiked with hot chili peppers was on the menu yesterday afternoon as two master chefs visited the IRC's New Roots farm at Drew Gardens in the Bronx. more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, GenR, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, new roots, resettlement, urban farming, IRC Voices, Marco Canora, Michel Nischan, Ah Lun |
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on March 16th, 2012
On a recent visit to a Thai refugee camp, IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies discovered that, for a refugee, growing your own food can be much more than just a means of accessing vital nutrition. more »
Posted in Resettlement, Food, Women, New Roots, Asia, Thailand | Tags: new roots, refugee camps, urban farming, IRC Voices, Sarah Wayne Callies in Thailand |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 24th, 2010
Last year, YouTube video volunteer extraordinaire LisaNova visited an IRC garden in San Diego where refugees from eight countries are setting down new roots in the United States. Here's another look at the video Lisa made about their first harvest. more »
Posted in New Roots, United States, US - San Diego, CA | Tags: refugees, video, LisaNova, resettlement, urban refugees, YouTube, urban farming, commmunity gardens, San Diego |
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