Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The 'Hood Can Teach Some Valuable Lessons

LOS ANGELES We think we know them.

That's why it's so important that you get some sense of thekids, even though their mission - Food From the 'Hood - is one greatsalad dressing saga. Or as shameless booster Melinda McMullen putsit, high school kids who can put an attractive new product on theshelves of every major local grocery store chain in Los Angeles cando anything.

The thriving, student-owned and -operated business sprouted amidthe desolation of South Central Los Angeles after the 1992 riots.Crenshaw High biology teacher Tammy Bird and six students decidedthat a great project would be to till an overgrown patch of land nextto the football field and plant …

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