KCET has done a focus article and video showcasing the Spring Street Farm Project at 3012 Long Beach Boulevard. In this fairly urban area of Long Beach, the Salvation Army and Long Beach Community Action Partnership were separated by an empty, 1.5 acre patch of dirt. After much discussion, it was decided that the plot should be a small farm, one for growing produce to sell, certainly, but also one that operated as a community center and a place of learning. Jesse Frutos is a third-generation farmer in California, decided to till the land.
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