Low-income urban areas are frequently declared "food deserts"--areas lacking access to supermarkets and nutritious food, requiring intervention from urban planners. One such effort in New York is the subject of the documentary "The Apple Pushers."READ MORE›
But it doesn't stop there. By providing information on how to actually cook the sometimes alien-seeming fresh produce it sells, the organization is taking the next step toward changing eating habits.READ MORE›
Stockbox, a new Seattle startup that was recently funded on Kickstarter, is bringing fresh food to a place where it takes 45 minutes to get to the nearest grocery store.READ MORE›
The new fund is helping supermarkets open in poor neighborhoods, funding farmer's markets in others, and even offering money for innovative food solutions that no one has thought of yet.READ MORE›
Nearly 14 million people in America don’t have access to large grocery stores that stock fresh fruit and vegetables. More than 80% of them live in urban areas. And while it’d be nice for produce shops to spring up in these ...READ MORE›
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