Detroit urban farmers step up as SNAP benefits pause amid government shutdown
Urban agriculture bridges food security gap
By Demond Fernandez
Click on Detroit
Excerpt:
“We’re bringing our food together to make it available to those in need,” says Travis Peters of Green Boots Veterans Community Urban Farm and Marketplace, an urban farm located near the intersection of Southfield Freeway and I-96 in Detroit.
The initiative represents a coordinated response from local urban farming collectives to address growing food insecurity concerns in the metro Detroit area.
“And it’s not just any food. We put our hearts and souls into it. It’s fresh, high-quality, organic practices of growing foods. The old-fashioned way,” Peters explains.
The local urban farmers are offering various produce options, including eggplant varieties, tomato varieties, pepper varieties, and mixed greens.
Amanda Brezzell, Co-Founder of Fennigan’s Farm in Detroit and a food policy specialist, notes that food insecurity was a significant challenge even before the current crisis.
“Even in just this year alone, before we even got to focusing on SNAP benefits and all of the issues with the government shutdown, we were already seeing a lot of people needing a lot more than we were producing, even last year,” Brezzell says.
She expresses concern about the situation potentially worsening.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/detroit-urban-farmers-step-up-as-snap-benefits-pause-amid-government-shutdown/
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