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Asheville, North Carolina
Eliada’s Campus Farm program provides fresh organic produce, agricultural education opportunities, and community-based agritourism events to students at Eliada and the greater Asheville community. Our farm features several production spaces, including a geodesic Grow Dome, Hoophouse, Corn Maze, and Learning Garden. With these garden spaces, we are equipped to grow food year-round. A majority of the produce grown on campus goes directly to our central kitchen and food pantry, traveling only a hundred yards, and is prepared for student meals weekly. Excess produce is provided to local community partners who support food justice work in our community.
Eliada’s mission is “helping children succeed.” We provide a cradle to career continuum of services for over 600 children and youth annually. In partnership with families, we meet basic needs and provide positive child and youth development programming to all ages. We also have high level intervention and prevention services for children and adolescents that focus on social and emotional well-being, life skills development, career readiness, and trauma informed treatment. Eliada maintains a 5-Star Child Development Center (child care, pre-k, afterschool, and summer camp), Residential mental health programs, Respite Services, Foster Care services, and Workforce-Ready housing assistance.
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