The Pennyrile Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc., a Hopkinsville-based nonprofit that provides environmental education, conservation projects and community events at Jeffers Bend Environmental Center, has received a $2,500 grant for a community garden.
The grant is among several county and state projects totaling more than $500,000 that the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved.
“The Agricultural Development Board invests in projects that strengthen our ag community,” Commissioner of Agriculture and Board Chair Jonathan Shell said in a press release. “These projects are helping to diversify our agricultural landscape and grow our economy, which is a benefit to all of Kentucky.”
Charles Turner, one of the volunteers who helps oversee Jeffers Bend, said the grant will be used to complete a community garden project that members of Leadership Christian County helped start by constructing several plant beds.
The garden will be planted next year, and community members will be able to harvest produce from the beds, said Turner.
