Girls Inc. Youth Farm hopes to grow more success in Frayser
Carnereya Smith (left) helps Kendall Cooper navigate the flower garden in her walking cast at the Girls Inc. Youth Farm in Frayser on Aug. 16, 2019, where high school-aged girls work after school and during the summers as farmers cultivating vegetables for sale at local farmers markets to develop entrepreneurial skills. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Youth Farm Manager Kenya Ghanor talks about her experience at the Girls Inc. Youth Farm in Frayser on Friday, Aug. 16, where high school-aged girls work after school and during the summers as farmers. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Youth farmers head to the spinach garden to harvest one of the farm’s most popular crops at the Girls Inc. Youth Farm in Frayser. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Alzale’a Braxton (center) harvests produce with fellow Girls Inc. youth farmers at the Girls Inc. Youth Farm in Frayser. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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Omer Yusuf
Omer Yusuf covers Binghampton, Frayser, North Memphis and Raleigh for The Daily Memphian. Omer previously covered county government. He is also a former reporter at The Jackson Sun and a University of Memphis graduate.