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Ever drive by vacant lots in your neighborhood and dream of starting your own business growing healthy food for Cleveland? Come to an information session and learn more about urban agriculture and growing food in the city! OSU Extension will be offering the Market Garden Training Program in January 2008. This entrepreneurial training program provides a foundation in urban agriculture, business development and marketing to help area residents start their own agricultural enterprises in Cleveland. The program meets one evening a week for twelve weeks and is taught by a variety of professionals in the field including researchers and faculty from Ohio State University Extension, Ohio Farmers Union, small farmers, urban growers, and local chefs. This session will provide more about the program and examples of successful market garden enterprises in Cleveland. For more information or to RSVP please call OSU Extension at 216-429-8238.