Harvested in Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe is a neighborhood in downtown Kansas City of approximately 7,000 people. It is a food desert, causing resident to take two bus rides to go to the grocery store. There is also the growing problem with obesity in children, as well as poor nutrition. Many of the residents are in food stamp programs, so most have little money to spend on fresh produce. The community center has started an urban demonstration garden. After the produce are harvested from to demonstration garden they set out the fruit or vegetable for free. The goal was for them to encourage the residents to do their own gardening at home