The Sweet Potato Project

The Sweet Potato Project The Sweet Potato Project provided entrepreneurial skills for "at-risk" youth based on products made from produce they've grow in their own neighborhoods

Created in 2012 through a partnership with the North Area Community Development Corporation, the Sweet Potato Project offered educational and money-making opportunities for “at risk” urban youth. Youth (ages 16 to 20) planted sweet potatoes on vacant lots in North St. Louis and received lessons in marketing, sales, website development and more. Curriculum was designed to teach how to turn produce

into a viable, marketable products that they themselves could sell.The desired goal was to bring vibrant economic activity back to long-neglected urban areas by creating alternative and progressive ways to create and distribute products that are grown and created within disadvantaged communities. The project was put on hold in 2020 with the hope of partnering it with a larger institution able to bring the program to its full fruition.

05/02/2020

The homes offer shelter, community for those living on the streets. Read the full story at http://cbsloc.al/2g9LMOL

09/02/2019

The founders of WeBuyBlack and the developers of the first ever Black-owned supermarket that will primarily sell products from Black farmers and other food manufacturers have reached their first financial goal of $425,000 to purchase the property! 13,881 people have contributed to the campaign so fa...

09/02/2019

Find out the details of how this couple was able to purchase an entire block by the age of 30! ---------- Check out the many resources below from this couple...

The guys at Good Life Growing are the real deal. The Sweet Potato Project have been blessed to work with them.
05/18/2019

The guys at Good Life Growing are the real deal. The Sweet Potato Project have been blessed to work with them.

Good Life Growing: growing in leaps & bounds!
05/14/2019

Good Life Growing: growing in leaps & bounds!

04/03/2019

Sylvester Brown Jr. remembers the first day he walked into the brick, box-shaped building on North Tucker Avenue. It towered over the street, proudly proclaiming...

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