Rock Solid Urban Impact, a not-for-profit 501 C 3 Community Development Corporation, was started out of a compassionate desire to provide practical solutions to real problems in the inner-city of Kansas City. The urban core is home to many who live under the poverty level, at-risk youth, and legal refugees who are struggling to meet their basic needs for food and housing. One of our most successful strategies has been to provide urban gardens as an opportunity to grow fresh produce, and to provide practical training in life skills. We have secured vacated lots, so that the inner-city community can have a place to have their own garden plots in order to feed their families and train the next generation in agricultural enterprises.