Benefits of a Young Adult Urban Gardening Internship
Research demonstrating the benefits of gardening interventions for youth development led to the formation of the East New York Farms (ENYF) Project. The project recruits youth to participate in a nine-month garden-based internship that teaches skills such as gardening, environmental knowledge, leadership, and self-efficacy. Although researchers had evaluated the short-term impact of the program between four and six months following completion, no researchers had conducted long-term follow-up studies on the efficacy of this or similar garden-based youth interventions.