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Reviving the Cherokee Garden
Volume
21
/ Issue 35
Cover Design Credit:
Kathleen Soriano-TaylorCover Photography Credit:
George Etheredge
After decades of high poverty and poor access to healthy food, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee are reviving gardening traditions and reclaiming their health and heritage.
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