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Study finds sustainable farming program helps refugees, immigrants boost health while launching agribusinesses

The slang term "touch grass" encourages people to step away from the internet or devices and connect with the real world. New research from the University of Kansas has found that a project that helps resettled refugees and immigrants learn sustainable farming has many of the term's same benefits, i...

Study finds sustainable farming program helps refugees, immigrants boost health while launching agribusinesses
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The slang term "touch grass" encourages people to step away from the internet or devices and connect with the real world. New research from the University of Kansas has found that a project that helps resettled refugees and immigrants learn sustainable farming has many of the term's same benefits, improving people's mental and physical well-being and training them to run independent agricultural businesses.

Originally published at Phys.org

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