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Breaking Through Concrete [SLIDESHOW]

Get the lay of the urban farm land with these striking photos from Kansas City, Santa Cruz, and everywhere in between.

Students milking a goat in the barn that they helped build at the Catherine Ferguson Academy in Detroit, Mich. Michael Hanson

For their new book, Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival, brothers David and Michael Hanson and crew traveled the nation visiting and documenting urban farms. Read more about the tour here.

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