West Los Angeles nonprofit farm City Greens planted roots in Beverly Hills, and the community is harvesting the rewards. Throughout the past school year, the farm partnered with Beverly Hills High School to install hydroponic towers.
"Just this week we put a tower at the middle school, Beverly Vista, in a science classroom," City Greens executive director Jen Levy said. "Our goal is to get the whole district involved and figure out how we can grow more food for them."
Levy is a self-described "farm guru" and has been an educator for over 20 years. She founded City Greens alongside her sister, health and wellness expert Hope Levy-Biehl, and communications specialist Gaby Reims Alexander in January 2020. The farm was originally called Beverly Hills Community Farm before expanding and changing its name in 2022.
"The goal was to be an educational nonprofit farm in a big city," Levy said, "to show people that there's a way to grow food sustainably in big cities without using chemicals or anything harmful to the Earth." Levy said the crops from three of the five towers at Beverly Hills High School are donated to local organizations such as Menorah Housing Foundation, a nonprofit that provides affordable housing for low-income seniors.
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