Alt-country stalwart Wilco is using their touring success to benefit green groups in the communties they visit. Wilco donated over $3,000 from poster sales at their three sold-out St Louis shows to New Roots Urban Farm. New Roots, located in North St Louis, is a collectively-run group that transformed a blighted parcel of land from urban wasteland to a produce bounty for the surrounding neighborhood. In addition to growing fruit and veggies in a neighborhood where fresh produce is hard to find, New Roots runs a young apprentice program for area youth.
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