Des Moines nonprofit opens greenhouse for refugee farmers

Spring has sprung at the greenhouses at Lutheran Services in Iowa as the organization unveiled its newest home for immigrant and refugee farmers.

Rows of plants filled the former Dogpatch Urban Gardens site on a sunny Friday, April 24 morning, a sharp contrast to the storms that rolled through Des Moines the night before. LSI leaders used green scissors to cut a green ribbon, marking the debut of the Global Greenhouse, a permanent hub for the organization’s Global Greens program.

The event was more than a spring plant sale…

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