Atlanta History Center’s Smith Farm Is Now Yielding Crops To Help Those In Need

The Atlanta History Center’s Smith Farm, which acts as a living representation of a working, slaveholding farm from the Atlanta area in the 1860s, typically grows crops for educational purposes rather than production.

With the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating food insecurity in the city, the History Center has changed that and is working with Concrete Jungle to mitigate the impacts COVID-19 and the shelter-in-place order are having on those in need.

“City Lights” host Lois Reitzes spoke with Katherine Kennedy, executive director of Concrete Jungle, and Emily Roberts, director of urban agriculture at the Atlanta History Center.