Groundwork Greens is a unique social enterprise greenhouse that will provide meaningful job training to low-income Denver youth while producing 10,000 pounds of food per year. Groundwork Greens will provide healthy food for low-income families as well as veggies for local neighbors and businesses. Our 1,800 square foot greenhouse has just been built and is almost ready to go. With your help, we will raise the final dollars we need to buy the last pieces of equipment, get the plants growing, the job training started, and the social enterprise off the ground!

Youth employed at Groundwork Greens will be trained in hydroponic growing systems, food distribution, and marketing. Our youth come from neighborhoods where unemployment rates are 2 or 3 times higher than Denver as a whole. Groundwork Greens will provide these youth with the opportunity to learn important skills for a lifetime of self-sufficiency. At the same time, Groundwork Greens will help meet the need for fresh, local produce for “food desert” neighborhoods in Denver.

Located within the Aria Denver community at West 52nd Avenue and Federal Boulevard, Groundwork Greens will be part of Cultivate Health, a collaborative effort to help support the health and wellness of residents living in the food desert neighborhoods in northwest Denver and Adams County.