Refugee Agricultural Promotion Projects Blog

Josie Weldon (center), Association of Africans Living in Vermont RAPP Project Manager.
 

Katherine Kelly Founder and Executive Director of the
Kansas City Center for Agriculture
 

Participants from Ohio, Texas, Indiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Washington DC--and from points all around the Globe--visiting Catholic Charities' Community Garden in Louisville. 
 

A No-Till "bed and tread" Community Garden in Rural Arkansas.
 

Gail Prince, a volunteer resource for the International Institute's RAPP project in Manchester, New Hampshire (Photo by Teena Hayden).
 

Stephen Bartlett (L) pictured at the Grasshopper Distribution Warehouse with RAPP Project Coordinator Lauren Goldberg.
 

Hussein Issack, 3rd from the right, stands between ORR Program Office Larry Laverentz (L) and Technical Assistance Provider Stephen Bartlett, at the Catholic Charities' RAPP Community Garden in Louisville, Kentucky.
 

IRC's Tim Orunfemi (L) and Economic Development Programs Director Jon Vosper (2nd from R) at Blue Skys Farm in suburban Phoenix.
 
RAPP programs are as different as night and day across the network of ORR agencies working with refugees in the sustainable agricultural sector. Many focus on establishing community gardens, on helping clients access farmers markets, or on developing collaborations with TANF and other employment and training providers.

 
Early Tomatoes grown in sunny New England.