MHS Students Work the Farm—in Montclair

Montclair High School students are working the farm on Miller Street, a project designed to promote healthy food choices.

The Miller Street Community Farm project is a partnership of HOMEcorp, United Way of Northern NJ, Township of Montclair, TerraNoble Landscape Design, Montclair State University, the Essex County 4-H, Montclair Historical Society, Rutgers, Montclair Childhood Development Corporation, Partners for Health and CapitalOne. 

The 3,100-square-foot farm, located on Miller Street, is run by high school students, 4-H program assistants, and community members. 

The project aims to foster "making the healthy choice the easy choice" by becoming a source of affordable, fresh vegetables for lower income residents of the community. The project's objective is not only to benefit the residents of Miller Street, but also the community at large by energizing and engaging youth and other residents to develop beautiful green space that produces affordable organic vegetables to sell to low, moderate and middle income residents.

Find out more by checking out the attached video.

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