A row of collard greens at the Edgemont Solar Garden incubator farm in Dayton. Central State University was recently awarded a new grant to teach local farmers how to start and operate their own farming businesses. The Beginning Farmer Program was created, in part, to help new farmers overcome some of the most common obstacles when starting a farming business. The USDA grant will fund incubator farms and farmer’s markets in underserved communities in the Dayton area, according to the university. Two incubator farms are already in operation, one in the Edgemont neighborhood in Dayton and one in Trotwood. The program has about 50 participants.