NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Five Star and Nature Restoration Trust

Project Title: Establish and Restore Native Plant Populations in Urban New Orleans (LA)

Organization:

Grow Dat Youth Farm

Project ID:

1301.24.082077

Award Amount:

$35700.00

Location:

Grow Dat Youth Farm is a 7-acre urban farm located in the southern half of New Orleans'(1,300 acre) City Park. Prior to Grow Dat's establishment in 2010, the tract of land we currently sit on was an abandoned golf course, a plantation, and home to Indigenous populations.