Lemonada.

Leavenada.

Feeding the neighborhood one block at a time.

Welcome, friends.

Welcome to Side Ussel School.

Welcome to our first $1,000 segment.

It is a weekly feature, in fact, called your first $1,000.

And as you might guess or no, or at least surmise, it's all about how somebody makes their first

thousand dollars with a new side hustle, a new moneymaking project. Today's project is kind of a

B corporation, meaning it's a not-for-profit but also a for-profit, or let's say they're doing

something good, but they're also getting paid for it. And I think it's possible to do both of those

things. So we're going to learn how a backyard gardener in Brooklyn joins forces with neighbors

to create hyper-local produce boxes, quickly earning that $1,000 with minimal overhead.

Her name is Allegra.

As noted, she lives in Brooklyn, New York City.

Let's hear the story from her.

I'll come back at the endstone with an unexpectedly productive backyard garden.

For years, I grew far more herbs and vegetables than I could ever use. Tomatoes, basil, peppers, the works.

One summer, my neighbors started dropping hints that they'd happily pay for some of my

surplus rather than making the trek to the farmer's market on Saturdays.

That simple comment sparked the idea.

Why not pool produce from a few neighbors and sell curated hyper-local boxes?

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