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FARM Rx: Wholesome Wave Georgia’s place based Food for Health Program in Athens, Georgia.  Laraine’s Story  Laraine was born in south Florida in a small town near Miami. Both of her parents worked full-time throughout her childhood and her mother would spend weekday evenings at night school getting her masters degree in education; this left Laraine in charge of preparing…

FARM Rx: Wholesome Wave Georgia’s place based Food for Health Program in Athens, Georgia.  Araceli’s Story  Araceli was born in Mexico and moved to the US when she was 14 years old. She recalls that everything, in Mexico, was alive: “My dad used to grow corn. He planted tomatoes, he planted chili, he planted beans. You find life in Mexico…

FARM Rx: Wholesome Wave Georgia’s place based Food for Health Program in Athens, Georgia.  Brady’s Story  Brady grew up in Watkinsville, GA, and was introduced to gardening by his grandmother, Mimo, who had a large vegetable garden in her backyard. When he was 12 years old, he remembers being photographed for the Oconee county paper holding one of her prize-winning…

FARM Rx: Wholesome Wave Georgia’s place based Food for Health Program in Athens, Georgia.  Myrna and Martha’s Story  Myrna was born just outside of El Paso, Texas, and moved to Georgia in her 20’s with her mother, Martha, and her five siblings. They’ve now lived in Georgia for 31 years, and are part of a thriving hispanic community in North…