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Karen Washington’s Swiss Chard and White Beans
Season 5
Episode 4
Meet Karen Washington, an award-winning urban gardener, community activist, farmer and co-owner of Rise and Shoot Farm. Here, she shares a garden-to-table recipe made with Swiss chard harvested from the community garden she co-founded in the Bronx, NY.
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