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The Spark in Sparta

Emmy Award-winning series GROWING A GREENER WORLD features organic gardening, green living and farm-to-table cooking. In each episode, the program’s hosts share DIY information with home gardeners.

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The Spark in Sparta

Season 12 Episode 1203 | 26m 46s | CC

This tiny Georgia town was one of many that never fully recovered after the boll weevil decimated the cotton industry in the South. But the future is looking brighter after one couple provided an unlikely spark, and accidentally started an urban farming revolution smack in the middle of downtown… from front yard gardens to a mushroom-growing warehouse.

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