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Project GROWS is a true community collaborative: the organization was formed in 2010 when a group of nine human service agencies representing at-risk populations throughout the region came together to address the serious health issues facing our community. An Augusta Health Community Health Needs Assessment had recently revealed that our community faces very high rates of obesity (58 percent of local youth are reported overweight or obese compared to 24 percent nationwide) with simultaneously high rates of hunger (9.8 percent of our overall residents are food insecure) among other health and nutrition-related issues.
In 2012, after two years of planning and research, the Project GROWS educational farm broke ground with support from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth, Augusta Health, and County of Augusta, focusing on food education and food access as critical pieces of the solution for improving long-term health
Over the past ten years, Project GROWS has worked collaboratively with many organizations in the community to improve the health of children and families through food production, food education, and food equity and access.
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