21 Roots Farm grows jobs — and hope — for people with developmental disabilities

This article highlights a pilot internship program at 21 Roots Farm, a nonprofit hobby farm that serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Six interns — all of whom had been regular attendees of programs at the farm — participated a 20-week work-experience program where they were “trained to be trainers”, attending the weekly training sessions which focused on autonomy, safety and engagement to enable them to help train others to work on the farm’s produce-subscription program.