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News Articles: Food Desert

Fulton County Nutrition Services employees work to check in eligible seniors at their farmers' market event July 9. 2024.

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  • Fitness & Nutrition

Fulton County offers fresh produce to seniors through summer market program

Fulton County is partnering with Atlanta farmers and the Atlanta Regional Commission to sell fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables to seniors at events throughout July.

July 10, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Locals buy goods and produce at the first Poplar Street Farmers Market on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Eliza Moore / GPB News

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  • News

A dispute got a Macon farmers market shut down. So Middle Georgia farmers started their own

The Poplar Street Farmers Market that opened in Macon this month makes it easier for many in the community to buy fresh produce.

June 20, 2023
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By:
  • Eliza Moore
Proposed new plans for a self-storage facility in the 84,000 sq. ft. old Kroger building now reserve 15,000 sq. ft. of the building for a future grocery store at 400 Pio Nono Ave.

New Plans For Old Kroger May Include Grocery Store After All

The developer hoping to turn the old Pio Nono Avenue Kroger into storage units is not giving up. Axela Development Group is asking for a rehearing...

March 09, 2020
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
The 84,000 sq. ft. old Kroger building will continue to sit empty at 400 Pio Nono Ave. after the Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission rejected a 569-unit self-storage facility for the property.

Shuttered Macon Kroger Will Not Be Converted To Storage Units

More than a dozen people signed up Monday to speak against a proposed self-storage facility at the old Kroger location at 400 Pio Nono Ave. Their...

January 27, 2020
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
Families and metro Atlanta residents shop at Malachi's Storehouse in Dunwoody.

Atlanta Residents Look For Transportation Solutions Out Of Food Deserts

Bobby Akins lives on Auburn Avenue in downtown Atlanta. He lives in a high rise and has a fixed income, but finds himself in a food desert. That's an...

June 06, 2019
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By:
  • Ross Terrell
A volunteer at Malachi's Storehouse arranges produce for the 150 people who visit each Wednesday to get groceries.

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  • Food

GPB's 'Full Plates' Series Wraps With Solutions On Food Deserts In Atlanta

This month, GPB launched its "Full Plates" series, looking at hunger in Georgia. One in six Georgians is food insecure, meaning they don't always know...

May 31, 2019
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By:
  • Ross Terrell ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • and 1 more
On Second Thought with Viginia Prescott, May 28, 2019

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  • News

On Second Thought For Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Food insecurity is a pressing issue nationwide, particularly in Georgia. The latest estimates put Georgia among the ten worst states for food insecurity...

May 28, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 4 more
In her book "Farming While Black" Leah Penniman challenges misconceptions about black farming and landownership.

'Farming While Black' Author Leah Penniman Talks Food Access, Racial Justice

In 1920, African-American farmers owned 14 percent of all American farmland. Today, 45,000 black growers own just two percent of that land and the vast...

May 22, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
To get the word out about issues of food insecurity and food equity, the Georgia Farmers Market Association is holding Just Food Weekend.

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  • Food

Finding Food Justice At The Farmers Market

It's hard enough to eat well and stay in shape, but, in several parts of Georgia, residents don't even have access to nutritious foods. The Georgia...

March 18, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Emilia Brock

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