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Austin Residents Get a Lesson in Urban Farming
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A nonprofit is showing off Austin's green spaces, one trolley stop at a time.
Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures is hosting farm-to-table trolley tours where residents visit community farms and learn about healthy eating.
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Austin Residents Get a Lesson in Urban Farming
Clip: 10/2/2024 | 2m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures is hosting farm-to-table trolley tours where residents visit community farms and learn about healthy eating.
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One trolley stopped at a time.
>> Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures is hosting farm to table Trolley Tours where residents visit Community Farms and learn about healthy eating.
The area is still considered a food desert.
So increasing access to fresh foods.
It's something organizers hope their neighbors can get on board with 2, >> There are people in office then need to access to number one, improve their health.
I know so many people personally with different types his orders that, you know, from have fat food.
And so to give people the opportunity to learn, guess what, we have gardens here in Crystal Dyer is the founder of Chicago, Austin Youth Travel Adventures, which oversees the trolley tours that visit Community Farms.
>> One thing I'm out, myself, you know, live in my whole life is when people refer me to more likely go.
>> Pcc Austin Farm is one of the stops on the tour.
We actually have a retail store that we put in there to answer the demand for fresh fruit and vegetables.
>> We sell everything at an accessible price so that the community can come in there and they don't have to like get on a bus or get on a train.
I mean, I have 2 kids and I couldn't imagine having to bring groceries home on a train.
Dominique Stevens is the senior manager for health and wellness at Windy City Harvest.
The Chicago Botanic Gardens, Urban Agriculture Program.
>> She says healthy eating can be achieved by everyone.
I think using a lot of fresh produce is a really good way to sort of keep your culture alive.
So we sell a lot of like green.
So.
>> People come to our farm stand and they'll be like, oh, I collars any musters.
And they're telling us about the recipes that they're making with It is possible to keep your culture intact and it doesn't have to necessarily be, you know.
>> Super fried.
>> My favorite is habits with Oprah.
>> I can eat that also, Hala.
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Yeah, I don't need any anything else because this the flavor the text or, you know, with a little spice.
>> A cooking demonstration is also included in the tour.
>> I like to ask everyone to buy something that I'm not familiar with cooking it.
How do you prepare that?
And then I see if I can prepared in the same way.
And that just helps me feed my kids.
Healthier feed myself healthier, but
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