Environmental Health and Agriculture

YouthHQ

Summer Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. School Year Hours: Monday – Friday, 3 – 5:30 p.m. Free activities and programs for middle and high school youth. After school and summer programs available. Goodwill Industries of the Valleys 2502 Melrose Ave., N.W., Roanoke, Va. Contact: 540-581-0620, option 2, or info@goodwillvalleys.com

Youth to Work

Training for youth and teens to enter the workforce. Goodwill Industries of the Valleys 2502 Melrose Ave., N.W., Roanoke, Va. Contact: 540-581-0620, option 2 or info@goodwillvalleys.com

Community Gardening

Reserve a planting bed in one of several community gardens, located in neighborhoods across Roanoke. Scholarships are available. Garden plot comes with access to water, tools, compost and seeds. $30/year. Local Environmental Agriculture Project (LEAP) 1210 Patterson Ave., S.W., Roanoke, Va. Contact: 540-947-1589 or info@leapforlocalfood.org

Cover Cropping Your Home Garden

Sept. 1, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Take your home garden up a notch by learning how to grow cover crops to improve soil health. Explore cover crop varieties, how to plant them and the benefits they provide. Registration preferred. Morningside Urban Farm 917 Morgan Ave., S.E., Roanoke, Va. Contact: 800-422-8482 / 540-266-6000 or CarilionClinic.org/Calendar

Environmental Health

This service helps with concerns about rabies, sewage and well permits, foodborne illness, restaurant complaints, tourist establishment complaints, rodent and insect complaints, and lead investigation. Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts 1502 Williamson Rd., N.E., 2nd floor, Roanoke, Va. Contact: 540-204-9764

Fresh From the Farm: Fruits of Summer

July 7, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Learn how to get a great fruiting bounty from tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers and more. Take home sample plants. Registration preferred. Morningside Urban Farm 917 Morgan Ave., S.E., Roanoke, Va. Contact: 800-422-8482 / 540-266-6000 or CarilionClinic.org/Calendar