Ak-Chin Indian Community

The Ak-Chin Indian Community Library will conduct an educational program to address the lack of nutritional food options and reduction in physical activity that have resulted from the pandemic in this Maricopa, Arizona, community. The staff plan to create a gardening club for youth that will use an automated farming robot to promote agricultural knowledge of both traditional and modern crops. Youth will learn about future potential automated farming techniques while the community will benefit from an increase in the healthy food resources available to them. The library will feature harvested crops in its other programs, including the “Healthy Snacks” and “Library Awesome Program Night.”