Eden Streets Blog

Learn about Grow Ogden's impact in 2026. Graduates, Those who found jobs, and the food donated. Our neighbors need more than a job opening. They need an opportunity to learn, a supportive community, meaningful work, and someone willing to believe in their potential. Help a neighbor find meaningful work, rebuild confidence, and take the next step toward a more stable future. Thank you to our board, staff, Grow Ogden Leadership Team, community partners, donors, and volunteers.

We designed GrowOgden.org with several groups in mind: Farm interns and applicants can share their aspirations, pursue employment, and tell their stories on their own terms. Sponsors can meet prospective interns, learn about their goals, and follow their progress. Farm staff can explain the program, introduce the people who support interns, and communicate what the work involves. Businesses and grant makers can learn about the program's approach and community impact. Voluntee

Who Will Grow the Farmers Who Relaunch Lives? Cultivating a new generation of farmers with social missions—and building a model that can grow throughout America. If you are an experienced small-scale farmer interested in mentoring others, an aspiring farmer seeking a path into agriculture, or a community organization exploring how farming could serve people in your area, we invite you to connect with Eden Streets. Together, we can develop a practical, repeatable model that h

Eden Streets’ new Open-Enrollment Model helps people experiencing homelessness or navigating recovery begin rebuilding their lives through meaningful, paid farm work—when they’re ready, not just when a funded program begins. By combining therapeutic agriculture, individualized support, and real-world job experience, we’re creating more pathways to lasting employment, stability, and belonging.

What a 250-mile bike ride taught me about connection, perseverance, and second chances.

Relaunching a life takes structure, meaningful work, and a supportive community. At Grow Ogden, people in recovery gain the job skills and healing environment needed to rebuild confidence and move toward long-term employment.

Eden Streets partners with local recovery centers to help men and women in addiction recovery rebuild their lives through meaningful work, community, and healing on the farm. This blog shares the stories, results, and hope growing at Eden Streets' Grow Ogden.

You are helping us make a difference! See the impact Grow Ogden has had on the lives of so many in 2025.

Learn how Eve finds sufficient connection and confidence through farming to re-launch her life.

Having worked through disconnection, Sye uses farming to heal his neighborhood that once was traumatized by racial violence.

Coming out of prison is incredibly difficult. Yet, Asim Muhammad leverages his farm work experience to turn ‘hard’ into ‘building’.

Be inspired by Mark's transformational journey to and on the farm in center-city Newark, NJ to overcome all the odds.