Kornacki: Former Wolverine Smith Planted in #EATING Effort

Vincent SmithANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Team Gardens #EATING is all about growing food where there is not enough, and impacting the community, particularly young people, in the neighborhoods surrounding the gardens.

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At the root of former Michigan football player Vincent Smith's project is his hometown of Pahokee, Florida, located on the shores of Lake Okeechobee. It's in an isolated area that nobody just passes through. Pahokee, which translates to "Grassy Waters" in the Creek language, is known to locals as "The Muck," referring to the dark soil rich in minerals that makes it ideal to grow sugar cane, citrus fruits and corn.

"Growing up in Pahokee," said Smith,…