Flint grocery store owner Erin Caudell is helping to launch the new Flint Fresh initiative. Image: Kevin Lavery, WKAR.
As the city of Flint continues its slow recovery from its lead tainted water crisis, a new project is aimed at improving nutrition in the city. As in many urban cores across the country, there are pockets of Flint that may be classified as food deserts: places where socioeconomic factors make it difficult for people to access fresh food.
Current State’s Kevin Lavery reports on an effort to resolve some of those issues. Flint Fresh is a collaboration involving many local farmers, community gardeners and non-profit groups. There’s also some research coming out of Michigan State University that’s helping to guide their work. The goal is to create a much more sustainable food system in neighborhoods where residents have little or no grocery options.
This story first appeared on WKAR’s Current State and is republished here with permission.