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Field and Garden: Urban farm gives opportunities to young people

A teacher in Carrington recently commented to me that although we live in an agricultural community, many of her students don’t know where food comes from.

If that’s true of our students, imagine how difficult it is for young people who grow up in urban environments.

Last week I toured a project that is attempting to address that issue in a neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The non-profit gr...