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Gardener Profile: Yusuf Bin-Rella
Season 2
Episode 13
Meet Yusuf Bin-Rella, co-founder of TradeRoots, and creator of the first Afro-Indigenous BIPOC farm at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Yusuf is honoring his ancestry by growing and cooking foods from the African diaspora. Special thanks to Rooted in Madison for facilitating PBS Wisconsin's on-location shooting at Troy Farm.
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