Local food, immigrant farmers
- Episode aired Feb 6, 2012
Michelle Hughes is the Director of GrowNYC's New Farmer Development Project (NFDP), which identifies and trains immigrants with agricultural experience to establish their own family farms. S... Read allMichelle Hughes is the Director of GrowNYC's New Farmer Development Project (NFDP), which identifies and trains immigrants with agricultural experience to establish their own family farms. Since 2000, the project has supported the establishment of 22 immigrant-owned farms by offe... Read allMichelle Hughes is the Director of GrowNYC's New Farmer Development Project (NFDP), which identifies and trains immigrants with agricultural experience to establish their own family farms. Since 2000, the project has supported the establishment of 22 immigrant-owned farms by offering production and business training, land identification, marketing support and a micro-... Read all