For Bobby and Derravia Rich, their passion project started with a single backyard garden.

While attending the master gardener program at the University of Tennessee Extension, Bobby Rich decided to apply what he was learning right at home in Memphis. What began as rows of collards and tomatoes given away to neighbors quickly grew into something deeper: a calling.

As the harvests grew, so did the couple’s desire to share the bounty by giving away fresh produce to neighbors who had little access to healthy food. The couple eventually formalized their mission by founding Black Seeds Urban Farms, a nonprofit dedicated to creating gardens, educating the next generation of farmers and providing free produce in the heart of the Upper Memphis food desert.

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