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# Homegrown Heroes: Kelly Carlisle
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/lidia-celebrates-america/extras/homegrown-heroes-kelly-carlisle-qgqcht/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T08:48:42.000Z
- Description: Learn about Kelly Carlisle's journey to farming and gardening.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Lidia Celebrates America, #ZZZ_Show_73725357-5345-4d91-b1dc-7769ddf28616, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_500bd877-3109-41c2-9a4a-b401520af256, #extra

In this clip from Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes, we learn about Kelly Carlisle's journey, from her youth in a crime ridden neighborhood, to the Navy, and now farming. Kelly explains how farming and gardening made her a better person. She has founded Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project, a non-profit urban farm that focuses on serving at-risk youth from kindergarten to 8th grade.