The Newnan Times-Herald
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December 3, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) -- A group is planning to bring farming to a site near downtown Atlanta.
Rashid Nuri says he's leased four acres just a block from historic Auburn Avenue, at the former location of the Wheat Street projects.
Nuri says he plans to transform the area into what he calls Wheat Street Gardens.
He says asphalt will be replaced with soil. Mulch and wood chips will be part of planting beds, and fruit trees will be grown.
Nuri says a major part of his group's work will be to teach people how to grow food.
He says freshness will be emphasized, with people being able to pick up and take home food that was cut that day.
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