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Visitors learn about fall crops like lettuce and kale while on a walking tour of Collins Avenue during the Baltimore Gift Economy's third annual "Finding Home" gathering, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Josh Pyles sorts through a herd of calves at his farm in Henry County, Ky., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)A group from the Neighborhood Resilience Project, an Orthodox social service agency connected to St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church, paints a home in Clairton, Pa., as part of the organization's community-building programs, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Andrea Danko-Barna, left, hugs Fidelia Gaba, a University of Pittsburgh medical student and Orthodox convert, during Gaba's chrismation service, in which she was confirmed as a member of St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)A child plays by the creek behind Collins Avenue during the Baltimore Gift Economy's third annual "Finding Home" gathering on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)A boy prepares to throw a basketball up the hill to his friends while at the Baltimore Gift Economy's third annual "Finding Home" gathering on Collins Avenue in Baltimore on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)People attend the Baltimore Gift Economy's third annual "Finding Home" gathering, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Members of St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church worship together during service on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Members of St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church worship together during service on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Ice covers a windshield on a farm in Robertson County, Kentucky on Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)Josh Pyles poses for a portrait on a farm he leases from the family of Kentucky writer Wendell Berry in Henry County, Ky., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)
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Visitors learn about fall crops like lettuce and kale while on a walking tour of Collins Avenue during the Baltimore Gift Economy's third annual "Finding Home" gathering, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)