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Free Gardens for the Unemployed

These hard times aren’t the first hard times Nebraskans have faced. And it’s not the first time community gardens have helped people put food on the table. On March 4, 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, the City of Lincoln recreation director announced that 30 acres of city land would be available for gardens for the unemployed.

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