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Andrea Barnhart, CFN Co-Director, had the privilege of visiting Smile Farms<\/a> at League Education & Treatment Center (LETC) this November. Located in Brooklyn, NY, SMILE Farms at LETC serves adults and children with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. Smile Farmers tend eight raised beds, a hoop house that allows for year-round operations, and a sensory garden. Farmers work throughout the week to grow a variety of vegetables & herbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smile Farmers led a tour of their garden, offering tastings of nasturtium flowers, roselle, oregano, basil, and some of the season\u2019s final cherry tomatoes. The garden\u2019s herbs are dried and featured in a signature tea blend, while hot peppers are transformed into Smile Farms\u2019 famous \u201cBurn Ability\u201d hot sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brianna guided the tour with her impressive expertise in edible flowers and herbs, even pointing out which weeds were safe to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrew showed off the greenhouse and demonstrated how they creatively plant carrots and lettuce along the outer edges of the tomato beds, maximizing both the greenhouse and bed space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrew summed up the visit by sharing some Burnability Hot Sauce and his slogan, that Smile farms garden is “where goodness burns bright.” We couldn’t agree more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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