January 6, 2016

Getting Food to the People

In a small community garden plot outside the Salvation Army Community Center on Darbo Drive, Chi-Race Williams stood among the rows of vegetables on a mild day in September. Bags brimming with fresh vegetables already lined the adjoining sidewalk, ready to be picked up by passersby and neighborhood residents.

The bags were delivered by the Healthy Food for All project. The weekly deliveries aim to bring more fresh food to neighborhood residents.

Healthy Food for All, founded in spring 2015 by community food activists Chris Brockel and Joe Mingle, has recently received a matching grant by Buckets for Hunger to help continue its work in 2016.

Read the rest of the Isthmus article.