Blythedale couple growing & giving away produce

Jay Hoar shows off some of the free produce available from a small farm he and his wife, Karen, have set up in Blythedale.

By John Rectenwald

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A couple from the Blythedale section of Elizabeth Township is reshaping the scope of community service from the roots up. Karen and Jay Hoar took advantage of Allegheny County’s vacant property recovery program to secure two plots of land where this summer they’ve been growing produce and freely giving it away to neighboring residents. 

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