Sometimes, it comes as a surprise to people to learn that we have projects in the United States. Our U.S. projects run the gamut from small goat farm projects in the Appalachians, to urban gardening in large cities, such as Chicago. Growing Home is one of the projects we have supported and helped to become a success in the Chicago area. From their website: "Growing Home provides job training for homeless and low-income individuals in Chicago through a social enterprise business based on organic agriculture. Our program provides experiential learning opportunities and employment in the horticulture field as well as a unique job readiness curriculum that helps reintroduces participants back into the workforce." Just think about that for a moment: Growing Home helps train homeless people and those who have been released from prison, who might otherwise be without hope, to learn job skills, to learn a trade, all by growing food under the L-train! This is amazing!To me, this has always been one of the most inspirational projects I've encountered during my first year with Heifer. I invite you to learn more at www.growinghomeinc.org
