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Title
DC Gardeners Oral History Project - Henry Womack
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.
Womack was born in Halifax, VA, a town, historically known for tobacco production, about 120 miles from Richmond, Va.
Womack and his family left Halifax when Womack was seven years old and moved to Baltimore, MD. The family later moved to Washington, DC where Womack attended Springarn High School.
Womack notes that when his family moved from the country to the city, there was a certain stigma surrounding any continuation of rural food growing practices. Eventually Womack overcame this stigma, and began gardening at the Fort Dupont Community Garden.
Womack was born in Halifax, VA, a town, historically known for tobacco production, about 120 miles from Richmond, Va.
Womack and his family left Halifax when Womack was seven years old and moved to Baltimore, MD. The family later moved to Washington, DC where Womack attended Springarn High School.
Womack notes that when his family moved from the country to the city, there was a certain stigma surrounding any continuation of rural food growing practices. Eventually Womack overcame this stigma, and began gardening at the Fort Dupont Community Garden.
Creator
Womack, Henry
Hawkins, Mia Hayes
Quick, David
Source
Grant - 13-DCCHP-14
Publisher
Neighborhood Farm Initiative
Date
2013
17 July 2013
Contributor
Hawkins, Mia Hayes
Quick, David
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
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
06ff.DCCHP.2013
Coverage
Washington, DC
Ward 7
Fort Dupont Park
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Original Format
.mp3
Duration
00:41:49
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kb/s
Interviewer
Hawkins, Mia Hayes
Quick, David
Interviewee
Womack, Henry
Location
Washington, DC
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