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On a cool morning in March, a group of nine refugees and their families from Bhutan and Burma, gathered on a former soccer field behind Christ Lutheran Church in South Nashville, anticipating a new beginning.
They would soon receive plot numbers for about 1,600 square foot plots each, which they would transform from brown grass to a lush patchwork of komatsuna, arugula, tomatoes, peppers and purple yard long beans hanging from vines.
“We started with land, eager farmers and a desire to have meaningful programming,” says Lauren Bailey, the program manager for the Nashville Food Project’s Growing Together program. “As we come to the close of our second season, I look back and see all the progress that’s been made–not to mention all the beautiful produce that’s been grown.