Incoming Emory MDP students are preparing for their first-year internships. During August, alongside the Foundations in Development Theory course, taught by MDP Director Dr. David Nugent, students have been enrolled in a course module focused on the history of development issues in the U.S. South and the greater Atlanta region. Under the leadership of Letitia Campbell, the Coordinator of Community and Strategic Partnerships, this course includes classroom-based discussion as well as visits to a number of community-based organizations, including the Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture’s Wheat Street Farm. Students toured the farm and met with K. Rashid Nuri, the organization’s founder. During his career in agriculture, Nuri has worked all over the world, managing farms of all sizes and working with policymakers. Today, his urban farms provide food to areas of Atlanta where poverty is high and fresh produce is scarce.

Jazmine Hudson, the Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture’s Social Media Director, led Emory MDP students on a tour of the Wheat Street Farm, in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood.

Emory MDP students talk with K. Rashid Nuri, the founder of Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture.

Emory MDP students Hannah Cox and Tsewag Rigzin help harvest edamame at the Wheat Street Farm of the Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture.

MDP students (from left) Winnette Richards, Lauren Godfrey, Brooke Estes (seated), and Biruh Zegeye, along with MDP Program Administrator Rebeca Quintana (center) help out at the Wheat Street Farm of the Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture.