Farmer(s): Johnny Gordon
Location: 9301 E. 147th Street, Kansas City, MO 64149
Contact: [email protected]
Apprenticeship opportunities: Paid at $16.50 per hour
Website
Location: 9301 E. 147th Street, Kansas City, MO 64149
Contact: [email protected]
Apprenticeship opportunities: Paid at $16.50 per hour
Website
BoysGrow is a not-for-profit agency providing mentoring, entrepreneurship skills, and positive male role-models for inner-city boys ages 12-15. BoysGrow broke ground in the Spring of 2010 and is a year round farming and business program supporting the youth by providing valuable personal and business tools while cultivating and selling our products.
The mission of BoysGrow is to take an inner-city boy and open his eyes to the possibilities and realities of entrepreneurship. BoysGrow uses Farming and Agriculture as the vehicle to instill pride, identity, discipline, and an understanding of the Business World
Each summer, 30 youth ages 14 -16 commit to a 2 year position working on the BoysGrow farm. As it is often the first paid job for the boys, they learn to work together and develop core vocational skills that are applicable in the market like culinary arts, construction, farming, marketing, and public speaking. Through farming and agriculture the boys gain pride, identity, discipline, and an understanding of the business world.
The mission of BoysGrow is to take an inner-city boy and open his eyes to the possibilities and realities of entrepreneurship. BoysGrow uses Farming and Agriculture as the vehicle to instill pride, identity, discipline, and an understanding of the Business World
Each summer, 30 youth ages 14 -16 commit to a 2 year position working on the BoysGrow farm. As it is often the first paid job for the boys, they learn to work together and develop core vocational skills that are applicable in the market like culinary arts, construction, farming, marketing, and public speaking. Through farming and agriculture the boys gain pride, identity, discipline, and an understanding of the business world.
