Urban Farm Combats Youth Unemployment

Teenagers have a harder time finding work than any other age group.
Urban Farm Combats Youth Unemployment
Farm to Fork students hold turnips they grew at Shelby Farms Park. Matt Farr/Shelby Farms Park Conservancy
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Teenagers have a harder time finding work than any other age group, but an unusual coalition in Memphis, Tenn., is trying something new to bring their teens into the work world.

A pilot program of the Farm to Fork Fellowship of Shelby Farms Park employs 25 students who grow food to sell to the school system. The Peer Power Foundation, affiliated with East High School, recruits, interviews, and hires the teens.

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