Project Sweetie Pie seeds healthy changes in our community so that one day more than 500+ people will work in a neighborhood agricultural business and walk home to make a nutritious dinner. This vision includes: urban gardening and farming, "value-added" food production, marketing, operations, development and sales. Project Sweetie Pie is:
Hosted by AfroEco until it establishes its 501(c)3
20+ ur
ban gardens in Minneapolis
Seeding a green North Minneapolis
Supporting the YouthCafé at North High
Raising produce sold at community farmers markets
Organizing Master gardeners who are instructing kids about planting and harvesting
Inspiring community members mentoring kids on social entrepreneurism and mechanics of food distribution
Project Sweetie Pie – has impacted more than 1,000 kids and community members and has more than 250+ organizational partners. More than 2,000 sweet potatoes, tomatoes, onions, cabbage, lettuce, kale, pumpkins and peppers have been planted as part of Project Sweetie Pie. With your support (and good weather) we can create a new model for economic development in North Minneapolis and beyond.
