SWAG Project

SWAG Project SWAG Project is an Urban Farm, Food Justice and Community Building project in the Weequahic district of Newark, NJ

SWAG Project is an Urban Farm, Food Justice and Community Building project in the South Ward of Newark. We are dedicated to providing community food access and increasing educational and economic opportunities for local residents. We provide fresh and healthy foods to the local community of Newark's South Ward and work to empower residents to take control of their local food system and health. The

farm and community center is open to all local residents and visitors as a place to relax or volunteer. Participation in all our events is welcome and we invite all local residents and members of local schools and universities to get involved. We have regular volunteer and open gardening days, as well as harvest and shared community meals. Starting in fall the site will also offer community nutrition and cooking courses, as well as information on food justice and empowerment. The site was generously donated by First Tabernacle to the local community and schools as a place of learning, environmental sustainability, and for the production of local fresh foods. The project is run as a partnership between the non-profit Planting Seeds of Hope, Amplify consulting, the First Tabernacle team, and local residents! We partner with both local schools, Peshine Avenue School and TEAM Charter, as well as multiple other city offices, local non-profits and businesses and university teams!

Humble Beginnings. SWAGProject volunteers and supporters. (2011).
03/01/2022

Humble Beginnings. SWAGProject volunteers and supporters. (2011).

02/20/2021

Plants can illustrate how different people need different things to be nourished—and how equality and equity differ.

02/08/2021

Food Tank, IFAD, and Global Alliance for the Future of Food host a panel discussion on power imbalances in the food system with UN Food Systems Champions.

02/08/2021

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker was appointed to the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Tuesday, becoming only the second Black American to hold a

08/13/2020

Governors Island had a charming teaching farm that was a field trip destination. Now it’s producing hundreds of pounds of fresh produce every week.

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08/13/2020

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it will create 10 Farm Service Agency county committees devoted to urban agriculture to better understand and support the field.

08/13/2020

In a normal growing season, the August harvest would be simply the icing on life’s cake. In a time of pandemic, it is a practical way to both help fill the larder and ease, a little, the underlying anxiety of these times.

08/11/2020

List of resources to learn about racism in the food and agriculture industries, as well as Black Food and Farm businesses and organizations to support.

08/10/2020

People like Vivian Lin, who quit her job at an architecture firm to start a composting business, have helped fill the void after the city suspended curbside organic waste collection.

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343 Meeker Avenue
Newark, NJ
07112

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