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US (TN): New greenhouses will help provide fresh produce for schools

New greenhouses will soon mean fresh produce for Unicoi County students. Cutting the ribbon on new green houses was just the first reward for the Unicoi County agriculture students.

"When we first came, it was hard to visualize it looking like this. Now it's hard to visualize all the plants and everything in there," student Victoria Bailey said.

This is her first year in the agriculture program, but she's already learning the value of a little sweat. After receiving the space as a donation from Farm Credit, students have been preparing for their first crops.

"There was like tables in there with cinder blocks, and we had to move all the cinder blocks out, and all this was really dirty, we had to sweep a bunch," Bailey added.

Their work is far from over. They still have beds to plant and an entire irrigation system to move.

Click here to read the complete article and watch a video at wcyb.com
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