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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 CSA Time

February 24, 2012
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, CSA farms, local food, LSP CSA Directory, Minnesota CSA, Twin Cities CSA, vegetables, Wisconsin CSA

Okay, maybe winter hasn’t quite given up the ghost yet, but spring really will be upon us before we know it. A sure sign of that is CSA farms are firing up…
Tell Mpls. City Council by March 1 to Support Market Gardens

February 17, 2012
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
community gardens, CSA, food deserts. Minneapolis City Council, market gardens, Minneapolis Urban Agriculture Policy Plan, produce, Urban Agriculture Text Amendments, urban farming, vegetables

By Anna Cioffi, Land Stewardship Project The Minneapolis City Council will be voting on the complete Urban Ag Text Amendments on March 1 during the Zoning and Planning Committee meeting. As we’ve…
Fresh Greens Deposited in the Food Bank

June 3, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
food bank, food security, Fresh Green Buck$, Land Stewardship Project, low income, Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP), vegetables, Washington County Living Healthy initiative

For Hugo Community Food Shelf Director Mary Schaefer, eating healthy is an option that should be available to everyone, no matter what their income level. That’s why she’s excited about Fresh Green…