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A Recipe for a Healthier America
Apr. 8, 2009

A excerpt from an article on Huffington Post by  Scott Stringer and Joan Dye Gussow.

How can we get back to eating good food? American cities need to begin identifying, developing and supplying themselves from local "food sheds" -- their surrounding farms and pasturelands. Studies have shown that when folks living without reasonable access to fresh produce are provided such access -- through food stamps and WIC coupons that can be used in farmers markets, or through membership in a community supported agriculture program that provides them with a steady supply of farm fresh produce, or through community gardens where they can eat what they grow themselves -- their intake of fresh fruits and vegetables increases.

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