THE FARMACY VISION
To create a minimum of 10 Urban Farms & Community Gardens developed and nurtured by partnering neighborhood residents and collaborative partners.
THE FARMACY PROJECT :
This project is one of great taking to adjust the body, mindset, and home of the children plagued with GMO foods, packages goods, and sweets. The Child fitness component is an anti- childhood obesity program. It’s designed to help keep the children active and sharp. Helping out with their self –esteem in the process. The children will get a healthy cooking demonstration with the parents involved helping secure the understanding that cooking healthy foods can taste good as well as the other packaged foods. The children will be keeping track of the activity in a journal and will create a chart of activities to perform. This will take place in the 32209 zip.
Prevention/Intervention project-based learning, like eating more fruits and vegetables have found to be more effective than those that focus solely on increasing knowledge about health and nutrition.
Long-Term Outcomes
The Youth will verify that early intervention of child fitness with the education of healthy cooking demonstrations at the end of the completion of the program will show a new appreciation and acceptance of being fit and making healthy food choices in life. These chooses will be decreasing the already high rates of cardiovascular disease and other preventable diseases inside the community.
The Second Component of The FARMACY Project is the Senior’s Raised Planter Boxes. Having youth volunteer put raised planter boxes together will help close the generational gap “one-box-at-a-time”. Maintenance on the boxes will be done by the youth volunteers which will further develop the relationship between the elders in the community and the youth of today. The aim is to help the seniors in low-income community’s with their financial burden that they may have by growing 1/3 of their fresh vegetables.
The benefits for elders who garden are:
- Its an enjoyable form of exercise
- Increases levels of physical activity and helps mobility and flexibility
- Encourages use of all motor skills
- Improves endurance and strength
- Helps prevent diseases like osteoporosis
- Reduces stress levels and promotes relaxation
- Provides stimulation and interest in nature and the outdoors
- Improves well-being as a result of social interaction
- Can provide nutritious, home-grown produce