Program areas at Edens Rose Foundation
The Organization's programs include:Albany Victory Gardens - Community Food System Peer-supported urban farmer training on previously vacant city lots. Through soil restoration and community composting, we create greenspace and free space to grow food and community. Food is distributed to the community 4 days a week via a no-cost farm market, the Produce Pick-up Project. Economic Opportunity for urban farmer participants and certificatetraining graduates is provided both at an on-site weekly farmers market and through the procurement of their own fully developed Micro-Farm and small business. Project site includes gardens, Bee Hives, Mushrooms, Blueberry Orchard, Farm Market, Chicken coop and regular programs for community youth.Home Again - Housing the Habitually Homeless Transforming abandoned houses in divested neighborhoods into dignified, renovated, safe, secure, and sustainable homes for vulnerable families and individuals in our community suffering from habitual homelessness. Working with shelters for women, families, the elderly, veterans, and at-risk population groups, we provide access to services and other resources offered within our existing programs and those of our partner organizations, by providing care coordination at our community-based, single-point-of-entry wrap-around service center, the Hub.Environmental Stewardship - OIT, Recuperating divested urban neighborhoods through different components of environmental stewardship that not only benefit the landscape but also greatly benefit the community. Through the implementation of green spaces including waterways, open spaces, and recuperated empty city lots, urban communities can take part in native food access through local and naturally grown food forests grown within neighborhood green spaces. Youth are able to learn and benefit from naturally occurring skill-building and STEM learning through outdoor indigenous training and increased natural exposure. Through the investment of native plant life for pollinator habitats, plant life specific to increased air quality and emission restoration, and plant life for groundwater retention, we provide self-sustaining stewardship, recreational opportunities, and therapeutic spaces in urban communities where it is lacking.