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Savannah Whitmer

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Austin Plants Urban Roots

May 21, 2019 by Savannah Whitmer

“Food will not solve food injustice.” It’s a strange sentiment from an urban farmer whose East Austin farm has nourished the community for the last decade. But Max Elliott, the executive director of Urban Roots community farm, knows better than most how America’s framework of economic and racial inequality permeates its food system. “If you […]

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