It was sometime in 2016 when Kyara Grant looked out the window of her apartment at Howard Houses and noticed something being built. She assumed it would be a project that wouldn’t benefit the Brownsville community, “But once I saw that it was a farm and it was giving back free produce to the residents, I fell in love with it,” Ms. Grant said.

Now, she gets to work where she lives, as the Service Coordinator of Howard Houses Farm. Some of her responsibilities include managing land improvement (including trash pick-up and decorating... More