In 1986, Will Raap, founder of Gardeners Supply Co., spearheaded an Intervale clean-up effort to restore this special area to its agricultural roots and feed Burlington. Thanks to 20 years of extraordinary work by the Intervale Center and those who farm here, the Intervale area has been transformed into a nationally recognized center for sustainable agriculture.

Healthy City is the Intervale Center's youth education and food security program. With successful small organic farms as neighbors and an amazing community of staff and interns as role models, the Intervale is a perfect place to inspire both personal and community change.

The Intervale Center's Healthy City program was founded in 2002 to provide job- and life-skills training for at-risk youth ages 13 to 16, to ensure better education about food—and better nutrition—in our schools, and to address the needs of low-income families for fresh produce. Healthy City meets these needs by creating a community of teens and adults dedicated to growing healthy food for themselves, their families, and others in the community.