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Urban Farmers' Crops Go From Vacant Lot to Market

In the shadows of the elevated tracks toward the end of the No. 3 line in East New York, Brooklyn, with an April chill still in the air, Denniston and Marlene Wilks gently pulled clusters of slender green shoots from the earth, revealing a blush of tiny red shallots at the base.

"Dennis used to keep them big, and people didn't buy them," Mrs. Wilks said. "They love to buy scallions."