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determined not to let her Cincinnati neighborhood stay a food desert. Locals couldn't find a suitor, so Jenkins decided to create one: a co-operative called Queen Mother’s Market. It's currently ...
IS PAYING OFF. FOR TWO YEARS, THIS STORE SPACE SAT EMPTY, MAKING THE SURROUNDING AREA A FOOD DESERT. BUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOOK MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS TO GET THE KIND OF GROCERY STORE THEY ...
What started as a promising food adventure in central Iran quickly spiraled into an unexpected desert disaster. Our goal was to explore the rich and unique flavors of rural Iranian cuisine—but ...
“It’s definitely a food desert. Most people have to drive to Leestown Road Kroger, the Wal-Mart on Russell Cave or Sav-A-Lot,” Woolfork said. “But those stores are not in walking distanc ...
Two Indigenous food educators led a tour showcasing edible and useful Sonoran Desert plants. Participants learned about palo verde flowers for tea, edamame-tasting pods and hunting woodrats.
Two Indigenous food educators showcased the abundance of the Sonoran Desert during a tour for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference on April 25. Their wisdom, while better ...
FLORENCE — The city of Florence and Palmetto Housing set out to bring a grocery store to a food desert nearly a decade ago. Now that grocery store's fate is in limbo as Palmetto Housing looks to ...
The city's new Economic Development Division Director, Cody Hill, said one of his biggest goals is to address the "food desert" problem on the west side. "Provo is pretty built out, except for the ...
The United States Department of Agriculture designated Osawatomie, Kansas a Food Desert. The USDA classifies an area a food desert when 33% of a population is greater than one mile from a large ...
That shouldn’t be,’” Marilyn Steel said. For more than a decade, the town was a federally deemed food desert. “A lot of folks, they don’t have access to transportation, that just means ...
The realization hit me hard. I was in the middle of a food desert, with limited access to fresh, healthy groceries in one of the most vibrant college towns in the country. This shortage of access ...
PALM DESERT, CALIF. (KESQ) -- Calling all food and wine lovers. The Palm Desert Food and Wine Festival is in full swing. With a four-day experience that will feature a diverse selection of mouth ...