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How To View Urban Farming Through a Queer Lens

Season 4 Episode 7

At this moment in human history, our most urgent mission is to take care of our planet -- and of one another. Karen Washington, co-founder of Rise & Root Farm and a longtime activist and community gardener, joins DeVonne Jackson -- native New Yorker, urban farmer and sustainable stylist -- in a stimulating conversation about sustainability and urban farming.

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