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From the Duwamish people's river gardens to the Victory Gardens of World War II, Rainier Valley has a long and layered history of growing food. This collection traces how Indigenous peoples, immigrants, and everyday neighbors have cultivated the land beneath Seattle's most diverse neighborhood, and how that tradition continues in P-Patches and farmers markets today.

The history of Rainier Valley Dairy and dairyman Smith M. Wilson in Columbia City.