COLUMBIA – Thread-like roots dangled from Ah Mwe’s soil-blackened fingertips as he crouched beside his garden plot Thursday evening. Tiny beads of water scattered from the leaves of his corn plants as his hand darted between the stalks, snatching up a weed.
Community garden returns Columbia refugees to their agricultural roots
Friday, June 22, 2012 | 6:00 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:49 p.m. CDT, Saturday, June 23, 2012
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