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Urban farms provide fresh produce during coronavirus pandemic

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Urban farms on neighborhood street corners and rooftops have been a source for fresh produce during the coronavirus pandemic.For several months, food banks have seen long lines as people in Central Florida, and across the state, have struggled to pay their bills.

Social distancing and stay-at-home orders never stopped the essential work being done at the South Street Farm in West Orlando. “What we’re trying to do here is use a lot, inside of the city of Orlando that wasn’t being used for anything,” Daniel Friedline, City of Orlando Sustainability Program manager said.

For about five years Friedline and his team with the City of Orlando’s office of sustainability and resilience have worked to turn empty lots into fields of.

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