food deserts

Battling Diabetes on the Street & in the Garden

June 15, 2012
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
Anna Cioffi, community gardens, food access, food deserts, fresh produce, Growing Neighborhood Access to Healthy Food, healthy eating, healthy food, Hope Community, Land Stewardship Project, low income, obesity epidemic, Rhys Williams, Type 2 Diabetes, vegetables

One can almost detect the longing in Denise Crews’ voice when she describes what foods she misses the most since she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. “The hardest thing to give…
It’s Mostly Good News for Mpls. Urban Ag, But…

March 23, 2012
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
community gardens, food deserts, Homegrown Minneapolis, market gardens, Minneapolis Urban Agriculture Policy Plan, urban agriculture, Urban Agriculture Text Amendments, urban farming

By Anna Cioffi, Land Stewardship Project Overall, the results of yesterday’s Minneapolis Zoning and Planning Committee hearing were good news for urban agriculture in the city. That’s especially true considering that going…
The Food Desert’s Hidden Oasis

October 28, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
Big Stone County, Clinton Kitchen, collaborative marketing, community based food, food deserts, food transportation, Land Stewardship Project, local food transportation, Rebecca Terk, rural economic development, Terry VanDerPol

While spending time in western Minnesota’s Big Stone County recently, I came across a lot of talk about food deserts—those places where people don’t have good access to healthy, affordable food. But…