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    Crowds stroll among the tents along Elizabeth Ave. at Saturday's Charlotte Clean and Green festival, which is part of the Earth Day celebration. The festival, held from 10 am-3 pm at the CPCC campus at Kings Drive and Elizabeth Ave., included free workshops and presentations on home efficiency, green living, solar PV and hot water, green remodeling, building and careers. vendors and exhibits showcasing green products, kids' activities, a farmers market, composting and gardening demonstrations, fresh local foods and cooking demonstrations, and live musical entertainment. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Jane Hoffman Harrelson, owner of Hoffman Farms of the Lincolnton area (a third generation farm), puts out produce at her farmers's market booth at Saturday's Charlotte Clean and Green festival. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Crowds among the tents at Saturday's Charlotte Clean and Green festival on Elizabeth Ave. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Najahla Mingo, 3, of Charlotte gets a banana from Jane Hoffman Harrelson at the farmer's market booth of Hoffman Farms of Lincolnton at Saturday's Charlotte Clean and Green festival. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Children including l-r Tommy McMillan, Isaiah Underwood, Olivia Johnson, and Jeremiah Underwood join hands with parents in a circle (an exercise meant to remind kids not to walk through a planted garden) around a "kids' demonstration garden" at the gardening booth of Slow Food Charlotte Food for Thought. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    L-r Olivia Johnson and Najahla Mingo get pailfuls of compost to prepare a garden plot from the shovel of Charlotte Clean and Green volunteer Matt Hayes (left, of the Slow Food Charlotte Food for Thought booth). Children learned how to distribute the pailfuls of compost to prepare a garden bed at a "kids' demonstration garden" at the gardening booth of Slow Food Charlotte Food for Thought. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    L-r Rachel Prescott, 8, gets help from her mother Bianca Prescott and brother Nicky Prescott, 4, and Isaiah Underwood, 7, gets help from his grandmother Margaret Musselwhite (little girl in pink at far right is Najahla Mingo, 3) distributing pailfuls of compost to prepare a garden bed at a "kids' demonstration garden" at the gardening booth of Slow Food Charlotte Food for Thought at Saturday's Charlotte Clean and Green festival, which included composting and gardening demonstrations. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Barrie Barto tries out a convertible Smart car on display along with other environmentally friendly vehicles at Saturday's Charlotte Clean and Green festival, which is part of the Earth Day celebration. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Sunflowers in a "kids' demonstration garden" at the gardening booth of Slow Food Charlotte Food for Thought frame tents in the farmer's market area at Saturday's Charlotte Clean and Green festival. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    L-r Kelly Painter and son Jack Painter and Raymond Watson watch a pair of ducks on display at the Carolina Waterfowl Rescue booth. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Amy Wood Hayes, Garden Coordinator for Slow Food Charlotte Food for Thought, waters tomato and oregano plants at the organization's gardening booth. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Olivia Johnson gets a pailful of compost to prepare a garden plot from the shovel of Charlotte Clean and Green volunteer Matt Hayes (not in picture, of the Slow Food Charlotte Food for Thought booth). Children learned how to distribute the pailfuls of compost into a garden bed at a "kids' demonstration garden" at the gardening booth of Slow Food Charlotte Food for Thought. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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