Youth gardening program in Anaconda teaches business, too

A summer and after-school program in Anaconda is aiming to get kids excited about growing food and growing business.

Youth Empowerment Services recently launched a gardening program through which middle- and high-school students can learn about building an agricultural business from the ground up, from seedlings to sprouts to market crops.

YES Director Karen McCarthy said that the full spectrum of growing and marketing vegetables has already been illuminating for students, many of whom had little experience with factors like seed money, cost of business, and the meaning of "profit" rather than gross income.

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