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Fresh food is one of the garden's best rewards!

A green tractor pulls an orange bushhog over a long garden plot with  a white row cover pulled to the side.
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Browntown Farms in Warfield is a fifth-generation family farm.

Learn about growing fresh and delicious produce. Peggy Singlemann visits the La Milpa garden in Richmond with Monica Chavez to learn about the restaurant’s farm-to-kitchen program and see how they are maintaining Mexican agricultural traditions.

Shana Williams stops by Browntown Farms in Warfield to talk with Herbert Brown, Jr about being a fifth generation family farmer and how the farm has adapted to changing times and customer demands.

Amyrose Foll shares tips for making your garden space more productive, and Jen Naylor explains how to grow and cook with sesame leaves.

Studio Extra:
Monica visits Peggy in the studio to show how to prepare cucumber salad and salsa verde using fresh vegetables from the garden. Watch below or click here for the written recipes.

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