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RootDown LA

Root Down LA empowers youth to become leaders through healthy food ventures in the communities.
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We do in hours what nutrition education has been trying to do for years, we get kids & adults to eat their veggies. Root Down LA (RDLA) is a youth-led non-profit organization in South Los Angeles that trains and employs young people to develop social enterprises that deepen residents’ own stake in their community and reinforce a healthy food culture that inspires all neighborhood residents to grow

, cook and eat more healthy food. Invest in youth who invest in their community and help us build the foundation for youth driven entrepreneurship, and South LA job growth opportunities!

11/07/2024

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11/07/2024

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11/04/2024

Hello 🥕

Join us the last Saturday of the month for the garden workday.

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Hola

Acompáñenos a el último Sábado del mes para el día de jardinería.

10/29/2024

🥕ya está aquí!🥕

🥕KitchenPOD it’s here🥕

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10/07/2024

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2da sesión de cocina sobre Justicia Alimentaria y Educación NEWtrition con los Halcones Verdes de .la. Aprendiendo sobre los aditivos extraños en nuestros alimentos envasados favoritos.

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2nd Food Justice and NEWtrition Education cooking sessions with the Green Halcones from .la. Learning about the alien additives in our favorite packaged foods.

10/01/2024

Hello Friends 🥕

We hope you can join us for our upcoming Garden Workday and to also celebrate our KitchenPod! Hope to see you there!
Hola amigos 🥕

¡Esperamos que puedan unirte a nosotros en nuestro próximo día de trabajo en el jardín y también celebrar nuestro KitchenPod. Esperamos verlo allí!

09/21/2024

Hola amigo/as🥕

FINALMENTE tiene su propio KitchenPOD y QUÉ viaje para llegar a este punto. Es hora de disfrutar esto en comunidad en nuestro próximo día de jardín para construir el suéter de balas de paja que aislará el contenedor.

🥕 Un saludo especial al asesora , campeóna y amiga desde hace mucho tiempo.

🥕Gracias por financiar este proyecto de construcción sostenible.

🥕 ¡Más por venir!

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Hello Friends 🥕

FINALLY has its own KitchenPOD and WHAT a journey to get to this point. Time to enjoy this in community at our Next garden day to build the straw-bale sweater that will insulate the container.

🥕Special SHOUT OUT long time champion and friend.

🥕Thank you for funding this sustainable green building project.

🥕More to come!

09/14/2024

Hi friends! Today we put on a great cooking demo with community members at the garden. We made corn tortillas from scratch to make veggie tacos. All the corn used to make our tortillas was grown right here at RootDown! Thank you our community members as always!

¡Hola amigos! Hoy hicimos una gran demostración de cocina con miembros de la comunidad en el jardín. Hicimos tortillas de maíz desde cero para hacer tacos de verduras. ¡Todo el maíz que usamos para hacer nuestras tortillas fue cultivado aquí mismo en RootDown! ¡Gracias a los miembros de nuestra comunidad como siempre!

09/07/2024

Hola Amigo/as 🥕

A principios de julio, inició una colaboración con Collective Remake, cuya misión es apoyar el desarrollo de empresas propiedad de los trabajadores y otros tipos de colaboraciones con personas que regresan a casa de la prisión o la cárcel. Los Halcones verdes son un grupo de adultos cuyo objetivo es crear una cooperativa a partir de productos que salen de su huerto.

Nos sentimos honrados de ayudar a la misión de Collective Remake de apoyar a los grupos marginados. Lo que esta asociación significa para RootDown es de que podemos replicar nuestro modelo de Sistemas Alimentarios de Vecindarios Impulsados por la Comunidad a través de una capacitación culinaria y de jardinería urbana más formal que enseña conjuntos de habilidades para aumentar las preferencias alimentarias, el conocimiento de los alimentos y la confianza en uno mismo.

¡Más por venir!

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Hello Friends 🥕

Earlier in July started a partnership with .la whose mission is to support the development of worker owned businesses and other kinds of collaboratives with people coming home from prisons or jail. The green Halcones is a groups of adults whose goal is to create a co-op from products coming out of their garden.

We are honored to uplift Collective Remake’s mission to support marginalized groups. What this partnership means for RootDown is that we can replicate our Community Driven Neighborhoods Food Systems model through a more formal culinary and urban gardening training that teaches skill sets to increase food preferences, food knowledge and self confidences.

More to come!

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09/03/2024

Hola amigo/as

Ultimo sábado del mes día de jardinera para Septiembre 28 de las 8am-11am. Nos vemos pronto!

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Hello Friends 🥕

Join us for last Saturday of the Month in September 28th from 8am-11am. See you soon!

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08/31/2024

Feliz Sábado amigo/as

Gracias por ayudar en el jardín hoy. Cada últimos Sábados del mes nos ofrece una oportunidad para juntarnos y limpiar la tierra, comer saludable y conocer a diferentes personas . Si, no a tenido la oportunidad de venir por favor de visitar este espacio el próximo mes en septiembre

Happy Saturday Friends 🥕

Thank you to all the volunteers for helping in the garden today. Every last Saturday of the month offers us an opportunity to come together and clean the garden, eat a healthy meal and meet different people. If, you have not had the chance to visit, please come to our next garden workday in September

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Address

4410 McKinley Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
90011

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.rootdownla.org/

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Hi Friends 🥕 This video is a favorite in our social media community we had to keep it on a post. Our culinary youth apprentice are @thebighouse collecting data on food waste from local farms. We want to inform on the use of our kitchen though the lens of the community. In partnership with @seelaorg farmers market we are surveying their farmers to help inform our program. @rootdownla 💚🥕👩🏾‍🍳🧑🏽‍🍳👨🏻‍🍳👩🏽‍🌾🧑🏾‍🌾👨🏻‍🌾 #RootDownLA #Donate #investinyouth #SouthLA #LFPP #youregonnawannaeatyourveggies #foodjustice #socialventure #cookingclasses #gardenworkshops #community

Hello friends, 🥕 . We are excited 👩🏽‍🍳🧑🏾‍🍳 to start the month with our first cooking classes with @laepcommunity , this Friday at 3pm. Recipes will be posted after each class. Stay posted for more pictures!📸 . #youregonnawannaeatyourveggies #NIFAimpacts #rootdownla #LAEP #healthyeating #youthled #investinyouth #southla

Hello Friends, 🥕 WooHoo! Coming soon to @carver_cougars new irrigation system for our 🪴 plants' THANKS to @zapatakingnc for funding this project that has been a huge challenge for our youth apprentice @andreschopin @jocelynlove100 and @jgutierre098! The community will benefit from having ACCESS to a SAFE GREEN SPACE! ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏻 🧅🍋🍊🥕🍅🥑🌶🥬🥦🌽🧄🍈🫑🍇 Stay tuned for photos once the installation begins! Our youth have MANY hats.... plus they got a one-on-one tutorial from @cufarm to install in this irrigation properly. Volunteer opportunities will soon be available! 👊🏽 JOIN THE @zapatakingnc MEETING! Follow them on IG for their agenda items! 💚🧑🏽‍🌾👨🏻‍🌾👨🏿‍🌾👩🏾‍🌾👩🏼‍🌾🧑🏾‍🌾 💚👩🏽‍🍳🧑🏾‍🍳👨🏾‍🍳 #RootDownLA #Zapatakings #Donate #investinyouth #SouthLA #NIFAimpacts #irrigationsystem #youregonnawannaeatyourveggies #gardens #foodjustice

Hello Friends! 🥕 . This summer, @rootdownla got hired to run virtual and in person cooking demonstrations with organizations @laepcommunity , @grydfoundation , & @la_gryd . Our Culinary Youth Apprentices are ready to get cooking 🧑🏾‍🍳. . Stay posted for videos and pictures! . Don’t forget to donate on our website www.rootdownla.org to support job opportunities. . #NifaImpacts #rootdownla #summercookingclasses #Summernightlights #southla #gearup #SNL #LEAP #feeforservice #investinyouth

Friends of RootDown LA, . this year has been the most difficult we faces yet. We want to continue meaningful programming in our South LA communities. Consider donating in our website: www.rootdownla.org . Your donations is greatly appreciated 🥕 . #youregonnawannaeatyourveggies #NIFAimpacts #investinyouth #southla #youthdriven #healthyeating #rootdownla

Here’s our recipe for our Ice Tea: Lemon Verbena and Mint. . Don’t forget to see our video tutorial to see how easy it’s to make this refreshing drink! . #rootdownla #icetea #youregonnawannaeatyourveggies #weeklyrecipe

RDLA’s delicious Lemon Verbena & Mint Iced Tea !! NIFAImpacts #YouthLed #SouthLosAngeles #Education #Trainings #gardeners #gardens #youregonnawannaeatyourveggies #youregonnawannagrowyourveggies #healthyfood #food justice #nutritioneducation #nonprofit #donateinLA #urbanag #foodie#tea#icedtea

Hello Friends! . DM us to get your bundle of yummy products! . We have available: - Garlic Confit 🧄 - South LA Strawberry Jams 🍓 - Pickled Veggies 🌶 🥕 🧅 . Made by our Youth Culinary Apprentices! . #cannedgoods #southlajams #rootdownla #youthled

Interested in some ROOTDOWN LA Swag? 🥕 . We have black RootDown LA T-shirts and limited black hoodies, available in Small, Medium, and Large. . 📩 DM us to place your order! . #rootdownla #youthled #youregonnawannaeatyourveggies #youregonnawannagrowyourveggies #donateinla #southlosangeles

Hi Friends! . DM us to get your bundle of yummy products! . Featuring: - Garlic Confit 🧄 - South LA Strawberry Jams 🍓 - Pickled Veggies . Made by our Youth Culinary Apprentices!