20150610 - Donated Crops (MA)

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Jacob McConnell of Wonder Lake, 11, carefully transplants a vegetable into the soil on their two plots of land at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Jacob McConnell, 11, and mother Stephanie McConnell, both of Wonder Lake, work on transplanting vegetables into their two plots of land at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Stephanie McConnell helps daughter Brenna, 8, both of Wonder Lake with a package of carrot seeds to plant within their two plots of land at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Jacob McConnell, 11, back, watches as his mother Stephanie McConnell, center, helps her daughter Brenna McConnell, 8, all of Wonder Lake, plant carrots among their two plots of land at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Stephanie McConnell, left, reads the planting instructions on the back of a package of carrot seeds to her daughter Brenna McConnell, 8, both of Wonder Lake, as they tend to their two plots of land at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Stephanie McConnell and daughter Brenna McConnell, 8, both of Wonder Lake, pull weeds and till the soil in their two plots of land at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Brenna McConnell, 8, and mother Stephanie McConnell, both of Wonder Lake, carry bags of soil and fertilizer from their vehicle to their two plots of land at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Brenna McConnell of Wonder Lake, 8, holds onto a vegetable to transplant into a garden plot at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com The McConnell family of Wonder Lake, including Jacob, 11, left, and mother Stephanie, tends to their two plots of land at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Brenna McConnell, 8, and her brother Jacob McConnell, 11, both of Wonder Lake, inspect a plant accidentally pulled up to see if it was a weed or a vegetable growing on one of their two garden plots at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.

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Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com The McConnell family, (from left: Jacob, 11, Brenna, 8, and mother Stephanie) tends to their two plots of land at Soulful Prairies on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Woodstock. Plots cost $50 each and renters donate 20% of their yield to a food pantry.