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Central Standard

Boys Grow Teaches Kids Business Skills Through Farming

Jamie Burks
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The Good Food Blog

At a farm in Kansas City, Kan., a group of young men from are developing their entrepreneurship skills through farming. Boys Grow, a non-profit agency, works with these kids to develop business skills as they sell their agricultural commodities.

On Wednesday's Central Standard, we talked to two of these boys about their experience with Boys Grows and their hopes for the future.

Guests:

  • John Gordon Jr., Executive Director, Boys Grow
  • Lew Rivers, participant, Boys Grow
  • Alex Kimble, participant, Boys Grow
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