APPLE VALLEY — San Bernardino County, CA, supervisors approved a $25,000, two-acre garden in Apple Valley to provide therapy for homeless veterans in transitional housing.
The growing space, funded by a grant award from the California Department of Veteran Affairs, will include a greenhouse, aquaponics growth system, cold-frame growing structures, shade structures and a fruit orchard, according to a county staff report.
In particular, the garden is targeted toward helping residents of the Orenda Foundation Veterans Project, a transitional housing facility in Apple Valley.
Partnering with the Incredible Edible Community Garden, “this non-traditional approach will assist returning disabled homeless veterans in their readjustment and will further advance the VA’s ability to help those who have suffered as a result of serving our country,” the report said.
A separate component called neurofeedback training will be used to evaluate the efficacy of the project, the report said.
By Shea Johnson - Staff Writer
Victorville Daily Press
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