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Caption: Monica Theis, senior lecturer in the Department of Food Science, harvests an assortment of vegetables, including carrots, beets and lettuce, from a vegetable garden inside the Allen Centennial Gardens at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 9, 2009. Theis has been growing a variety of vegetables in the garden this summer to supply fresh produce for Frank's Place, the dining facility in Holt Commons, as part of new local-food initiative at UW-Madison.
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Date: July 2009
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Caption: Monica Theis (left), senior lecturer in the Department of Food Science, harvests an assortment of vegetables, including carrots, beets and lettuce, from a vegetable garden inside the Allen Centennial Gardens at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 9, 2009. Theis has been growing a variety of vegetables in the garden this summer to supply fresh produce for Diane Erb (right), food manager of the dining facility in Holt Commons, as part of new local-food initiative at UW-Madison.
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Date: July 2009
300 DPI JPEG


Caption: Monica Theis, senior lecturer in the Department of Food Science, harvests an assortment of vegetables, including carrots, beets and lettuce, from a vegetable garden inside the Allen Centennial Gardens at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 9, 2009. Theis has been growing a variety of vegetables in the garden this summer to supply fresh produce for Frank's Place, the dining facility in Holt Commons, as part of new local-food initiative at UW-Madison.
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Date: July 2009
300 DPI JPEG