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# A Garden of Appalachian Heritage

*![author](https://blog.drawdownga.org/hubfs/DD_Oct20/Author_Green.png)* [Drawdown Georgia](https://blog.drawdownga.org/author/drawdown-georgia)  Oct 16, 2020

![A Garden of Appalachian Heritage](https://blog.drawdownga.org/hubfs/Drawdown%20Georgia-%20Vegetable%20Garden.jpg)

The Hometown Harvest project in Lumpkin County, Georgia is an heirloom garden intended to preserve produce unique to this region while educating children about nutrition and the ancestral foods grown in Appalachia.

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