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Homegrown Heroes: Kelly Carlisle

Learn about Kelly Carlisle's journey to farming and gardening.

Aired 12/15/2017 | Rating TV-PG

Lidia Celebrates America

Homegrown Heroes: Kelly Carlisle

Clip: Season 2017 Episode 1 | 1m 57sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn about Kelly Carlisle's journey to farming and gardening.

In this clip from Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes, we learn about Kelly Carlisle's journey, from her youth in a crime ridden neighborhood, to the Navy, and now farming. Kelly explains how farming and gardening made her a better person. She has founded Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project, a non-profit urban farm that focuses on serving at-risk youth from kindergarten to 8th grade.

Aired 12/15/2017 | Rating TV-PG

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