Old Chicago resident Louis Solomon is seen through a trellis picking collard greens at the community garden his wife, Sheila, manages in the Old Chicago neighborhood of Rock Island.
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Sheila Solomon, left, surveys her community garden alongside Irene Mekus, right. Irene helped Sheila organize the garden's first market stand.
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Will Birch plows his garden in Milan, Illinois. In addition to his Milan garden, Will runs several other gardens across the Illinois side of the Quad Cities, including some in west Rock Island.