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AFL helps grow Hub City urban teaching farm
A Spartanburg fiber optic cable manufacturer recently offered a $3,600 grant to the Hub City Farmer’s Market through funding from the AFL Community Outreach Program. Used to support the market’s teaching farm, the grant will help fund program supplies and intern support for the organization s Urban Teaching Farm summer program.
The program teaches health and wellness, financial literacy, career and college readiness as well as sustainable agriculture practices to socially and economically vulnerable youth, according to a news release.
“One of the goals of the Urban Teaching Farm program is to prepare youth for future financial stability, to be college and career ready, to understand how to make healthy decisions and grow their own food, and to be inclusive and collaborative in communication with others,” Jordan Wolfe, executive director of Hub City Farmers Market, said in the release. “This preparation alone hugely benefits th