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The article focuses on archaeological exploration that has unearthed military artifacts revealing strategic role played in battles and mentions Republican forces aligned with Madrid, Spain government against Nationalist rebel by Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Topics include network of Iron Age ramparts and limestone documented by archaeologists, reign Augustus recorded military victories across North Africa and Middle East and shell casings and bullets testified by several archaeologists.

Focuses on the elimination of the Urban Gardening Program (UGP) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Benefits of the UGP; Challenges encountered in running the UGP; Factors that led to the failure of the UGP; Actions which must be done to gain federal support for community gardening.

Discusses the benefits of community gardening. Categories of people-plant interactions research; Role of plants, gardens and greening on community development; Result of studies on the community benefits and perceptions of parks and gardens; Concept of an empowerment process called greenlining.

Presents results of studies on the significance of community gardening to responding to food security problems of inner city residents in the U.S. Percentage of people living in a neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles, California who did not have money to buy food; Reasons for the absence of access of inner city residents to grocery stores; Value of food grown in community gardens to families.