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"I come into the garden, I see my stuff, it makes me happy," says Judy Yang, of St. Paul, who recently harvests purple onion at the HAFA Farm. She concedes the work is "sometimes very hard" and that she says to herself, "why I do it?"
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An extensive variety of crops -- including red onion and sunflowers -- are harvested at HAFA Farm in Hastings.
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Doua Vang, of St. Paul, picks green beans recently at the HAFA Farm in Hastings. Days can be long -- sometimes 6 AM to 10 PM, which doesn't include the drive to St. Paul -- and the physical labor extensive. He and his wife have been gardening over 25 years.
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"I come into the garden, I see my stuff, it makes me happy," says Judy Yang, of St. Paul, who recently harvests purple onion at the HAFA Farm. She concedes the work is "sometimes very hard" and that she says to herself, "why I do it?"
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Mao Moua
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"I do this everyday and I don't get tired," says Naton Vang, of St. Paul, who arranges his sunflowers recently. "We come with full energy."
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"I help with peeling onions and babysitting," says Rose Vang, of St. Paul, who looks after her brother, Patrick Vang, recently in the fields at HAFA Farm in Hastings. Vang can sometimes be seen biking through the fields as her parents harvest their crops.
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"I help with peeling onions and babysitting," says Rose Vang, of St. Paul, who looks after her brothers, Patrick Vang and Christopher Vang, recently in the fields at HAFA Farm in Hastings. Vang can sometimes be seen biking through the fields as her parents harvest their crops.
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An extensive variety of crops -- including cabbage -- are harvested at HAFA Farm in Hastings.
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Christopher Vang
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Rules apply at HAFA Farm.
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An extensive variety of crops -- including red onion and sunflowers -- are harvested at HAFA Farm in Hastings.
