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Manual entrepreneurship, refuge: ‘Farming is just the vehicle,’ says BoysGrow founder

By Tommy Felts / July 11, 2018

“What’s the word?” “Respect!” shouted the teenage farmhands at BoysGrow, a two-year program dedicated to teaching entrepreneurship to urban youth through agriculture and farming. The 10-acre BoysGrow farm outside Grandview plays host to 30 to 40 boys, ranging in age from 15 to 17. They work, eat and learn on the nonprofit farm three days…

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