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Title
DC Gardeners Oral History Project - Jose Lovos
Subject
History
Urban Agriculture
Description
The Neighborhood Farm Initiative interviewed members of Washington, DC's growing urban agriculture community to document the history of growing food in the city.
Lovos was born in El Salvador on a farm where he worked with his family for most of his early life. He notes that he always has had a passion for farming, but he has at various times throughout his life worked for a church, the government, and the army.
In 1977, threatened by the government of El Salvador because of his work with a church, Lovos came to Washington, DC, following his brother who had immigrated earlier.
Lovos discusses his work at several community gardens throughout the greater Washington area, where his farming experience has made him something of an expert and mentor to those just starting out.
Lovos' responses are given primarily in Spanish, and translated into English by Elena Cherney.
Lovos was born in El Salvador on a farm where he worked with his family for most of his early life. He notes that he always has had a passion for farming, but he has at various times throughout his life worked for a church, the government, and the army.
In 1977, threatened by the government of El Salvador because of his work with a church, Lovos came to Washington, DC, following his brother who had immigrated earlier.
Lovos discusses his work at several community gardens throughout the greater Washington area, where his farming experience has made him something of an expert and mentor to those just starting out.
Lovos' responses are given primarily in Spanish, and translated into English by Elena Cherney.
Creator
Lovos, Jose
Cherney, Elena
Quick, David
Clements, Anna
Source
Grant - 13-DCCHP-14
Publisher
Neighborhood Farm Initiative
Date
2013
21 July 2013
Contributor
Cherney, Elena
Quick, David
Clements, Anna
Rights
Copyright held jointly by the Humanities Council, the narrator, and the interviewer.
The Humanities Council of Washington, DC has the right to display and distribute materials funded by HCWDC grants.
Format
.mp4
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
06cc.DCCHP.2013
Coverage
Washington, DC
Ward 1
Mt. Pleasant
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Original Format
.mp3
Duration
01:16:24
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kb/s
Interviewer
Quick, David
Clements, Anna
Cherney, Elena
Interviewee
Lovos, Jose
Location
Washington, DC
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