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Growing food with zero heating in Massachusetts' winter

Jonathan Bates is better known for the food forest him and his colleague Eric Toensmeier planted on their 1/10th of an acre urban lot in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In February, most of the lot and its 200 plant species were still covered with snow, but Jonathan gives us a tour around their eco-shelter.

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