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Interviewed By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Michael Carter Jr., is the Small Farm Resource Center coordinator for Virginia State University and executive director of Carter Farms. AFRO: Tell us about Virginia State University’s Farm Outreach Program and Carter Farms. MC: VSU Small Farm Outreach is an arm of cooperative extension in the Commonwealth []

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