Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center Inc.
Cause Area
- Advocacy & Human Rights
- Hunger
Location
919 Gates AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11221 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center Inc. promotes healthy living for Brooklyn residents through, an innovative sustainable food system, while organizing families and youth to gain self-sufficiency and overcome poverty.
Description
BRMUHC envisions urban farming as the starting point for a self-reliance movement, empowering neighborhood residents to take ownership of their own food supply, nutrition and neighborhood revitalization. BRMUHC endeavors to build community pride, provide healthy provisions to its neediest residents, encourage youth entrepreneurship and develop a communal culture towards land use and community health through an innovative sustainable food system. Our avenues for reaching these goals are a customer choice food pantry, urban farm, and two farmers markets.