photo by: Kevin Anderson

Burmese immigrant farmers Lah Paw, left, and her mother, Ray Hay Paw, work in her family's half-acre plot at Juniper Gardens. Cultivate Kansas City helps to promote community farming in the Kansas City metro area. One of the farms, Juniper Gardens, thrives in a subsidized housing area in Kansas City, Kan.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

John VanderHeide cuts weeds around some of the garden plots. He is an intern with the Mennonite Volunteer Service. Cultivate Kansas City helps to promote community farming in the Kansas City metro area. One of the farms, Juniper Gardens, thrives in a subsidized housing area in Kansas City, Kan.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Cathy Bylinowski, left, program manager for the Juniper Gardens training farm, conducts a field tour with Burmese immigrant farmers San Dar Myint and her husband, Soe Myint, and interpretor Joanne Sauter, second from left. Cultivate Kansas City helps to promote community farming in the Kansas City metro area. One of the farms, Juniper Gardens, thrives in a subsidized housing area in Kansas City, Kan.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Burmese immigrant farmer Ray Hay Paw works to pull weeds in her family's half-acre plot at Juniper Gardens. Cultivate Kansas City helps to promote community farming in the Kansas City metro area. One of the farms, Juniper Gardens, thrives in a subsidized housing area in Kansas City, Kan.