to increase the availability of fresh produce in the local Hartford food system while providing job opportunities and training for youth, and encouraging community development through sustainable grassroots projects. Summer of Solutions Hartford is a food justice oriented program. Parent organization Grand Aspirations empowers, connects, and supports youth leaders as they create innovative, self-sustaining, and inter-dependent initiatives that systemically integrate climate and energy solutions, economic security, and social justice. Through programs called Summer of Solutions, Grand Aspirations trains young people from across the country in the leadership skills they need to create a just, thriving, and sustainable world.