Meet Christina McCoy. She just won $75,000 to support her business, The Sustainable Farm by Custom Cuisine.
“The Sustainable Farm combines a lot of my favorite things; vertical farming, connecting people to food and sources of food, holistic products, and then supporting small local businesses as well,” McCoy said.
She started growing food herself using containers in her neighborhood’s community garden and she created gardening events to teach the importance of healthy food choices.You will also find farm-to-skincare products, DIY smart gardens and goods from other local Black women-owned businesses. “I was just thinking about all of the things that this grant would be able to help me extend and expand stuff that I already do, like community popups,” McCoy said. “I want to expand a lot on my teaching in the schools, continually sustain the operations that are here.”14-Year-Old Charged As Adult With 3rd-Degree Murder In Connection To Fatal Beating Of 73-Year-Old Man: Police
“It means that people are listening and I felt like really seen,” McCoy said. “If you see some of these little doodles, my daughter did those. So you know, one day you’ll walk in here and she’s running the place. So I look forward to that.”
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