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The Missions of San Antonio Texas--learning from the past to feed a community

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published July 11, 2016 at 12:17 PM PDT
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National Park Service Archeologist Susan Snow Explains How The 5 Missions Of San Antonio Are Connected.JPG
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Mission San Jose
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Acequia at Mission San Juan Capistrano Demonstration Fields
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Mission San Juan
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Torin Metz Shares How The Aceaquia Travels Through The Mission San Juan Farm
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Tom Castan?os Demonstrates The Aceaquia at Mission San Juan"
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Credit Melissa Corbin
Mission San Jose, San Antonio, Texas

  The chain of missions established along the San Antonio River form the largest concentration of Catholic missions in North America, and have recently received global recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 
Come along and join Melissa Corbin, Associate Producer for the NPR podcast travel show Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer as she explore the Missions' history and how they are beginning to feed more than just the mind.
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Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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