In the coming months, Allanah Ceasar hopes to be offering tomatoes, cantaloupe, cucumbers, turnips and an abundance of other freshly grown organic foods through a garden project that itself is growing and changing.

Ceasar is the program director of LIFE Farms, formerly Lufkin Urban Garden & Market, at 805 Sayers St. in Lufkin.

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