Raices Cultural Center Expands Offerings to Include Locally Grown Organic Produce
The New Brunswick-based nonprofit grows organic vegetables and plants in a number of locations around the county and donates much of them to Elijah's Promise.
Raices Cultural Center has fulfilled its name another way, by putting roots down into the local soil, in addition to putting roots down in the local culture. Raices means "roots" and lately, the nonprofit group has been doing a lot of gardening in an attempt to further promote healthy, sustainable living. Raices is a nonprofit organization that promotes music, education art and culture, as well as eco-culture, sustainability and healthy living. Over the last year and a half, the organization, run by co-directors Francisco G. Gomez and Nicole Wines, has been tending plots of land around Middlesex County, cultivating a slew of organically grown produce. Wines said that Raices has plots of varying size located in East Brunswick, Piscataway, …
