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'Great Kids Farm' Educates City Youth
Great Kids Farm is in its third year operating at the George Bragg Nature Center.
Tucked away on 33 acres off of Route 40, at the border of Howard and Baltimore Cunty, there is a farm at the intersection of the past and present, with a lot to teach about the future. The land, which was purchased by Baltimore Public Schools in the 1950s, has been a special education school and a nature center, among other things over the years. Before it was owned by Baltimore city it was the Maryland Home for Friendless Colored Children, which was founded in 1899 in the city. It moved to Catonsville in 1912. Three years ago, then city food service director Tonry Geraci decided to start farming on the land again, according to the farm's website. Today, a little more than two acres of the land are used to grow produce ranging from herbs …
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