Farmer's Market
(2009-06-19)
Long before community gardens (or allotment gardening) gained traction from the activists, Vietnamese immigrants in New Orleans East were busily reinventing their village economy by harvesting the fruits of their labors on 41 acres nearby their Saturday morning market.
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With hot summer weather, most leafy greens wilt in our climate until late fall. One exception is a remarkable green available in widely in the early Saturday morning farmers market in Viet Town in New Orleans East. It's Vietnamese water spinach. High in iron and a mainstay in Southeast Asian cuisine in stir fries, Kokong or Vietnamese water spinach is traditionally grown along the edges of rice paddies. Gardeners in New Orleans East grow it along the canals near Michoud.
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