Agro Fraterno: Young people mobilize themselves to plant urban gardens in Brazil

Brasília (08/25/2021) – Beetroot, turnip, radish, lettuce, kale, okra and other fresh foods leave the garden straight for school lunches and meals for the elderly and needy families in São Francisco de Goiás, after 10 young people decided implement the Urban Agriculture project in the municipality. The first vegetable garden was built in May by members of the Faeg Youth Commission, at the Antônio Ferreira state school. “The objective was to promote urban agriculture in the municipality to reach the greatest number of people, which is why the school was chosen”, emphasizes the coordinator of the Faeg Youth Commission, Letícia Quintino. With the support of the Faeg/Senar System and the municipality's Rural Producers Union, the young people prepared the land and started farming and with this they managed to engage the school community, which became familiar with the cultivation of food. Students approved the initiative. “It's important for our diet because we have to eat vegetables ...