Kingston YMCA Farm Project Attracts Young People, Brings Healthy Food Options to Midtown
Providing access to fresh produce in Midtown and teaching people how best to use it are the objectives of the Kingston YMCA Farm Project. The project began in 2013 when a former childcare director at the YMCA was connected to a local farmer. “I was looking for a place to farm and work with kids,” farmer and project director KayCee Wimbish said recently.
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Kingston Y Farm Gets Kids Growing
Kaycee Wimbish used to teach second grade in NYC, but now she teaches in a lot behind the Kingston YMCA.
Wimbish, the YMCA, and a team of volunteers and donors have worked over the course of the past two years to convert the lot into viable farmland.
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