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In The Know: Changemakers

This college student started a nonprofit that aims to empower youth to achieve sustainability and a healthy understanding of nutrition through urban gardening

Megan Chen, a student at Stanford University, started her nonprofit, The Urban Garden Initiative, with a goal to educate and empower young people to achieve sustainability through urban gardening. Today, the organization operates in more than 30 states and ten different countries, with at least 400 youth volunteers.