Michele Obama, Refugee Somali Farmers, and Urban Farming = Win, win, win!

clipped from www.theirc.org Refugees Plant New Roots at Community Farm First Lady Michelle Obama calls the IRC-supported farm a model for building healthy communities The farm, a 2.3-acre strip of city-owned land, is tended by some 80 farmers, including Bilali Muya, a refugee from Somalia who works with the IRC as a part-time farm educator. First Lady Michelle Obama praised an IRC-supported urban farm in San Diego as "a model for the nation, for the world" during an April 15 visit to promote building healthy communities.