GROW Enrichment creates Nashville’s first public food forest
“The forest’s location is strategic.
‘It was in my list that it needed to be walking distance within at least one high poverty school, and it also needed to be on the city bus route.’
Krueck calls it equitable use of public land. ‘Food security is a big deal to me personally. I grew up in poverty myself where whole foods like this were not available in my household.’
But to continue growing, the organization needs help. Last year it made it by with just $5,000.
‘It would be amazing if we could get some quality long term donors to stand beside us and honestly I think it would be fabulous if the city would be willing to allocate a little bit of funding for this project,’ said Krueck. ‘It’s a project that not only produces food, but even hope for those who need it.'”