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Urban gardens feed appetite for education, self-reliance. Does your school have a garden?

NO DOUBT about it, Xante Mitchell said with a sigh, this farming business is hard work.

Moving along a freshly tilled row of collard greens, a light sweat began to form on Xante’s forehead as he clipped and bunched, clipped and bunched, clipped and bunched.

"It’s not all fun, but I like it a lot," the middle schooler said. "Fruits and vegetables are good for the soul."

Good for the soul, and the palate, and the community. That’s the idea behind Soil Born Farm, a lush oasis amid an urban jungle in the heart of California’s capital.

This summer, in a project funded by Kaiser Permanente and modeled after a groundbreaking program in Berkeley, Xante and other students at Jonas Salk Middle School in Sacramento learned some lasting lessons in the power of growing, distributing and enjoying fresh organic food.

Urban kids across the country have diets heavy in processed foods. But through the gardening project, Jonas Salk students developed a new appreciation for fresh produce by following it from the soil to the table.

By Cynthia Hubert, SACRAMENTO BEE

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