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Take a look inside the Tennant Creek Food Ladder with ABC Online

For most Australians buying fresh food is simple, but what about people living in the most remote parts of the country? 

In Tennant Creek, the local high school and Food Ladder have built a greenhouse at the Juno Centre, to show kids how easy it is to grow their own vegetables. 

They say similar greenhouses could be built in other remote communities.

This story was featured on 15+ ABC Facebook pages, including Landline, Gardening Australia and ABC Indigenous. In the first 3 days it was viewed 150,000 times!

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Tennant Creek Food Ladder profiled on ABC’s flagship radio program, AM

By Steven Schubert

For most Australians, buying fresh fruit and vegetables is something we take for granted.

But in remote parts of the country, they’re hard to find or unaffordable – and that creates health issues, particularly in Indigenous communities. 

Now, a brand new greenhouse near the remote Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek is being heralded as a model for other regions.

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