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Tucked away behind Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, is an all but forgotten municipality called Kinloch. The oldest African-American community in Missouri, Kinloch
was a lively, self-sufficient neighborhood until the 1980’s when St. Louis City began a buy
out to make way for an airport expansion. The expansion never materialized, leaving acres of deserted land.
Gradually, people began adopting these parcels; planting, tending and harvesting yams, sweet potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, peanuts, watermelon and almost anything else that
can grow in Missouri. The food is donated to extended family, nursing homes and any-
body in need. Between work sessions, a makeshift shack is used for dominoes and social
gatherings that meet year ‘round.
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