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April 27, 2010
Green is the new black, and the greens are best when home-grown. African Americans have been planting in our backyards long before locavores and slow foodies got in the act. In order to be authentic, an African-American garden must contain these 10 essential crops. Once they flourish, there’ll be no question about your roots.
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June 16, 2009
The three part opening act of Michelle Obama's White House Kitchen Garden came to a close this Tuesday as the same crop of 5th graders from Washington's Bancroft Elementary School who had broken ground in March and planted seeds in April, came to the South Lawn once more for an end of year "Harvest Party."
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