An urban agriculture campus that will help build economic development and manufacturing that will improve the quality of life for residents in Auburn Gresham and the surrounding communities launched recently.
The Green Era Campus is a nine-acre facility located at 650 West 83rd St. The campus is a partnership between Green Era Sustainability, Urban Growers Collective, and Green Era Educational NFP.
Erika Allen, Founder of Urban Growers Collective, said the Green Era Campus is needed because it is necessary to have a fully complete, local food system. Early in her career of doing urban agriculture, Allen had to bring compost down from Milwaukee from Growing Power to be able to grow her produce.
Allen explained that with urban agriculture, the difference is that the spaces are smaller, and the plants have to be grown closer together. To grow the produce, it requires lots of energetic soil, with lots of fertility.
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