ATLANTA — In a tucked-away corner just off the interstate, a hidden farm is growing in the heart of Atlanta.

Urban Sprout Farms is the brainchild of Nuri Icgoren, who calls the roughly five-acre plot of land his "oasis."

The farmer is on a mission to share that oasis -- and his passion for self-sufficiency -- with others. He described his work to 11Alive's Sunday politics show, The Georgia Vote, in this week's Voice of the Voter.

Meet Nuri Icgoren, founding farmer at Urban Sprout Farms

Standing in the middle of his fields, Icgoren described the reaction he often gets from farm visitors.

"They come out and are just shocked that this little oasis is back here," he said.

To Icgoren, growing a community and growing his crops go hand in hand.

"I think food security is impor

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