Youth/Community Farming Summary

CHARLIE GRIFFIN (cgriffin@facts.ksu.edu)
Tue, 20 Aug 1996 14:05:41 CST6DST

Introduces youth to food production on a large (7 acre) garden.

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Mark Linder
California Foundation for Ag In the Classroom
916-924-4380

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Daniel Desmond
4-H Youth Advisor
2604 Ventura Ave Rm 100
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
707-527-2621

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A teacher somewhere in Northern California has an exciting program
going with bees. He is involved with urban youth, and his vo-ag
program was used by youth agencies in San Francisco for the placement
of juvenile delinquents from the city. He and his FFA chapter were
well known by the folks in:
National FFA Center
Alexandria, VA
ask for Carol Duval
Building Our American Communities (BOAC)
she or someone else there would be able to identify him.

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Extension horticulturist at the Land-Grant Institutions in
Cleveland, OH
Milwaukee, WI
Detroit, MI
Philadelphia, PA

Had good youth participation in their urban gardening programs
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Charlie Griffin
Child and Family Programs
A22 Edwards Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506

Ph: 913-532-2025
e-mail: cgriffin@facts.ksu.edu