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Education Desk

Garden Project Pairs Local Sponsors & Students

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Rachel Otwell

Published May 15, 2013 at 4:17 PM CDT

A local elementary school is teaching students about growing their own food with a hands-on project. Rachel Otwell recently visited the community garden across from McClernand Elementary School and spoke with instructors and students as they planted and tended to plots. She brings us this story: