Sisters share sustainable ag, humanitarian project

From the International Agriculture series

Phyllis Coulter
Aug 7, 2022
Aug 7, 2022

Sisters Linda Thomas and June Lavelle live thousands of miles apart, but they are united in causes they care about.
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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HEYWORTH, Ill. — No matter where she is in the world, June Lavelle connects with agriculture, economic development and people ready for change.

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Lavelle works at her home in Poland. She and her husband, Wojciech Orzechowski, established the raised beds this spring as part of her Resiliency Gardens project — an effort is to help refugees from Ukraine by providing more food and knowledge of how to grow it.
Photo courtesy June Lavellle

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