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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