Alpha Omega Veterans Services plowing new ground with urban farm
Veteran Ed Carlock, 71, helps mulch a line of blackberry bushes at the Alpha Omega Veterans Services community garden in South Memphis on Tuesday, July 2. The nonprofit that mostly provides housing for homeless veterans has added an urban farm to provide a kind of horticultural therapy as well as job training. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Alpha Omega Veterans Services got in the farm-to-table movement more than a year ago. Now, with its first full growing season unfolding, it's marketing produce and the power of horticultural therapy.
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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