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Nebraska gardener plants seeds of fresh food in Africa
- Peter Salter
- Nov 24, 2014
- Nov 24, 2014 Updated Dec 1, 2014
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Among the plants growing in Gene Gage's greenhouse southwest of Lincoln is the versatile lemongrass -- the plant that took the gardener to Africa more than six years ago.
- TED KIRK / Lincoln Journal Star
A villager in South Africa's Bulungula Valley works in one of the vegetable gardens Gene Gage helped sow.
- Courtesy photo
Gene Gage's unofficial interpreter, Liesl, speaks with the garden's manager, Nothembile.
- Courtesy photo
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Gene Gage made a living and a name for himself -- Papa Geno -- selling plants and herbs. But the lessons the former professor taught in Africa six years ago changed his life, and are still feeding the hungry.
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Among the plants growing in Gene Gage's greenhouse southwest of Lincoln is the versatile lemongrass -- the plant that took the gardener to Africa more than six years ago.
- TED KIRK / Lincoln Journal Star
A villager in South Africa's Bulungula Valley works in one of the vegetable gardens Gene Gage helped sow.
- Courtesy photo
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- Courtesy photo
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