Growing Neighborhood Access to Healthy Food

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…
Hope for a Healthy Food System

September 15, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
Anna Cioffi, community gardens, Growing Neighborhood Access to Healthy Food, Growing Power, Growing Power's Training Weekend, Hope Community, Land Stewardship Project, Phillips Neighborhood, Rhys Williams, urban food systems, Will Allen, Women's Environmental Institute

By Anna Cioffi LSP and Hope Community in Minneapolis have come together to create a project called Growing Neighborhood Access to Healthy Food. Why has an organization known for its rural organizing…