Education
All for the Common Good
This video is part of a multimedia project details community initiatives in the Washington D.C. area to combat food deserts, or low income neighborhoods without access to healthy food, as part of graduate capstone class at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Common Good City Farm (formerly called the 7th Street Garden) is an urban farm and education center growing food for low-income residents in Washington, DC and providing educational opportunities for all people that help increase food security, improve health, and contribute to environmental sustainability. Farm manager Spencer Ellsworth and volunteer coordinator Olivia Ivey discuss the farm’s mission to combat food insecurity in the district.
Richmond’s Rising Homeless Family Rates
Rising foreclosure rates, unemployment and the economic downturn all have contributed to the increasing number of homeless families in Virginia and across the U.S.
A recent report by the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness states that 42 percent of individuals who experience homelessness are persons in families – the fastest grow sect of the homeless population.