 The backyard kitchen garden for children of the 4A Show community after-school program will soon come to life with green space for farming. Chef Roy Marius has the details. The land clearing stage of the 4A Show community after-school program backyard kitchen garden project commenced on Friday, October 22, 2021. This initiative was conceptualized by the community services unit within the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice and Empowerment. Project coordinator and social transformation officer, Mrs. Fidora Justin Alcindor stated her delight in the commencement of this project. In this phase of the project, what we're seeing is a continuation of the land clearing in preparation for starting to plant. So we're going to be preparing the beds thereafter and getting the seedlings and the various crops in so the children can start planting. So we're hoping within the next month or so to see those things completed. Residents of the community embraced this initiative with the hope that it strengthens community pride and spirit. So if you're growing up, you have to be, you always have to be at it and it grow, look after it and so forth. I hope they continue. I'd like to see what things happen to the people around here. I'm from the area. I also have kids in the program. Well, I see that would be a good opportunity for the children in the area. So whatever they produce, they can bring home to their parents or what's not. Or even, I will say, even though they can even sell to other, to the people in the neighborhood, or some of them, they will, they could take whatever they plant to bring it home to the parents and say, well, mommy or daddy, that's what we plant. People have a lot of interest and hobbies. Maintaining a kitchen garden can be both beneficial and rewarding. Even if it starts out as a hobby, it quickly becomes an important livelihood asset. Being from the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice and Empowerment, I am Chevroy Marius.