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Inver Hills College Grows 1,500 Pounds of Donated Food, Cultural Shift

According to the Star Tribune, a community garden at Inver Hills Community College is creating some big changes at the school.

According to the Star Tribune, a community garden at Inver Hills Community College is producing a lot of food—and positive changes at the school besides.

Last year, the garden yielded 1,511 pounds of produce, donated to area food shelves.

But the professors’ goals for the garden go beyond service.

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The garden has changed this commuter campus’ culture, students said Wednesday. Jasmine Littlefield used to go to class, then scurry home. “Now I stay here,” said Littlefield, a first-year student. “I look at the plants and talk to them.”

She talks to other gardeners, too. That kind of conversation, which crosses cultures and generations, improves interethnic relationships and breaks stereotypes, Hoffman said.

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