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Op deze vrijdag, 9 augustus 2019, foto, medewerkers werken bij Growing Home, Inc's boerderij in de wijk Englewood in Chicago. Atlanta, Chicago en andere grote steden in het hele land hanteren een veelzijdige aanpak om gezonde voeding naar "voedselwoestijnen, "voornamelijk buurten met lage inkomens die mijlenver van de dichtstbijzijnde supermarkt liggen. Hun initiatieven zijn onder meer verskraampjes bij stations voor openbaar vervoer, stadstuinen, en partnerschappen met rideshare-bedrijven om bewoners naar supermarkten en boerenmarkten te brengen. Het doel is om gezondheidsproblemen te verminderen en gemeenschappen met een laag inkomen te versterken. (AP Foto/Amr Alfiky)

Op weg naar huis, Darnell Eleby stopte even voordat hij aan boord van de forenzentrein in het Five Points-station van Atlanta stapte en manoeuvreerde zijn rolstoel naar een halte die op veel platforms voor openbaar vervoer niet te zien is:een verskraam vol met kleurrijke groenten en fruit. Geholpen door een vrijwilliger, hij vulde een mand met bananen, appels, maïs en pompoen en betaald met een gezondheidsprogramma voucher.

"Het helpt je als je niet naar de winkel kunt, ' zei Eleby.

In Chicago, non-profitorganisaties hebben gezondheidsklinieken geopend waar het personeel patiënten voedingsvoorlichting en gratis kortingsbonnen geeft voor boerenmarkten in de regio vol met gezond voedsel. Beide steden hebben ook ontluikende inspanningen aangemoedigd om stadstuinen aan te leggen.

Grote steden in het hele land gebruiken deze veelzijdige benadering om gezonde voeding naar "voedselwoestijnen, "voornamelijk buurten met lage inkomens die mijlenver van de dichtstbijzijnde supermarkt liggen. Ze hopen niet alleen het aantal diabetes te verminderen, hoge bloeddruk en obesitas, maar om gemeenschapsactivisme en empowerment aan te moedigen.

"We doen dit uit... verantwoordelijkheid jegens onze gemeenschap, " Safia Rashid zei over de tuin zij en haar man, Kamau Rashid, hebben de afgelopen 14 jaar in Chicago's South Side verzorgd.

De 44-jarige moeder zei dat het paar begon te tuinieren toen hun oudste zoon 3 jaar oud was. om "'voedselapartheid' te bestrijden ... mensen die opzettelijk desinvesteren in deze gemeenschap, gezond voedsel bij ons weghalen, ' zei Safia Rashid.

Op deze vrijdag, 16 aug. 2019, foto, een meisje draagt ​​een geit op de boerenmarkt van het Inner-city Muslim Action Network (IMAN) in Chicago in Chicago in Chicago. Atlanta, Chicago en andere grote steden in het hele land hanteren een veelzijdige aanpak om gezonde voeding naar "voedselwoestijnen, "voornamelijk buurten met lage inkomens die mijlenver van de dichtstbijzijnde supermarkt liggen. Hun initiatieven zijn onder meer verskraampjes bij stations voor openbaar vervoer, stadstuinen, en partnerschappen met rideshare-bedrijven om bewoners naar supermarkten en boerenmarkten te brengen. Het doel is om gezondheidsproblemen te verminderen en gemeenschappen met een laag inkomen te versterken. (AP Foto/Amr Alfiky)

De tuin van de Rashids groeit op de South Chicago Farm, een terrein van 5,6 hectare dat in 2015 werd ontwikkeld. Het is een van de acht van dergelijke boerderijen in Chicago die worden beheerd door de non-profitorganisatie Urban Growers Collective.

in Atlanta, veel van de tomaten, perziken en paprika's die in bakken op de Fresh MARTA-markten worden gevonden, zijn afkomstig van voedsel dat in de stad en nabijgelegen boerderijen wordt verbouwd, zei Hilary King, van de non-profit Community Farmers Markets, die samenwerkt met de Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority om de stands te runnen. Gelanceerd in 2015, de MARTA-markten bevinden zich doordeweeks op verschillende stations.

"We kunnen niet vertrouwen op traditionele retailmethoden, ", zegt Mario Cambardella, directeur stadslandbouw van Atlanta.

Non-profitorganisaties werken ook samen met ritdeelbedrijf Lyft om tot 300 gezinnen met een laag inkomen korting te bieden op ritten naar boerenmarkten en supermarkten in Atlanta. Het zes maanden durende proefprogramma, genaamd Access AgLanta, begon op 1 juni geïnspireerd door een soortgelijk Lyft-partnerschap in Washington, gelijkstroom

Op deze donderdag 15 augustus 2019, foto, Christopher "Mad Dog" Thomas, draagt ​​zijn zoon, Rian Gatewood-Hillestad, tijdens het winkelen op Pete's Market in de wijk Garfield in Chicago. Tomas, die opgroeide in de wijk Altgeld Gardens aan de zuidkant van Chicago, zei dat hij leed aan een "voedselwoestijn-eetstoornis, ' waar je alleen maar snoep kunt betalen." Thomas en zijn vrouw, een wekelijkse reis buiten hun buurt naar deze winkel maken, die zijn vrouw beschrijft als 'de zwarte of Spaanse Whole Foods'. (AP Foto/Amr Alfiky)

"Wat we in de loop der jaren vaak hebben gehoord, is dat transport een enorme barrière vormt voor toegang tot voedsel, " zei Alysa Moore, programmamanager voor Georgia Fresh For Less, die staatsbewoners die voedselbonnen ontvangen financiële hulp biedt om te winkelen op boerenmarkten.

Eleby is sterk afhankelijk van de transitplatformmarkten. Without them, hij zei, he'd be forced to rely on a small scattering of stores in his low-income neighborhood in southwest Atlanta where he said he has to smell food or examine it for mold before buying it. The food there, hij zei, isn't "like it's supposed to be."

vanaf 2015 roughly 22% of Atlanta's population was living in a low-income community more than a mile from a food store, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In Chicago, that number is 5%. Comparatively, the number in Seattle is 7.8%; Washington, gelijkstroom, 6.4%; Baltimore, 4.3%; and Milwaukee, 3.5%, according to the USDA.

In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, foto, dietitian Heba Abdel Latief, Rechtsaf, talks to her patient, Richard Ware, at Inner-city Muslim Action Network's (IMAN) farmers market in Chicago. IMAN offers free of charge dietitian visits at their health clinic. Atlanta, Chicago and other large cities across the country are taking a multi-pronged approach to bringing healthy diets to "food deserts, " mostly low-income neighborhoods located miles away from the nearest supermarket. The goal is to reduce health disorders and empower low-income communities. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

Christopher "Mad Dog" Thomas, 34, who grew up in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, said he has suffered from "'food desert eating disorder, ' where all you can afford to eat is candy."

Thomas and his wife, Kathryn Gatewood, make a weekly trip outside their neighborhood to a store called Pete's Supermarket, which Kathryn Gatewood describes as "the black or Hispanic Whole Foods."

"We spend almost 40% of our paychecks combined to ensure a healthier diet for our kids, " ze zei, adding that it is a better alternative than buying bad food from the "dusty shelves" of corner stores in Englewood.

The Chicago nonprofit Inner-City Muslim Action Network has launched "The Corner Store Campaign" to change that.

Sami Defalla, who runs the Morgan Mini Mart in Englewood, has been an active partner with the campaign for more than two years. Defalla has created a "green zone" in the store where shoppers can purchase inexpensive fresh fruits and vegetables.

  • Op deze donderdag Aug. 15, 2019, foto, Rian Gatewood-Hillestad plays with apples while shopping with his parents at Pete's Market in Chicago's Garfield Neighborhood. Christopher "Mad Dog" Thomas, Rian's father, organizes a weekly family trip outside their neighborhood to Pete's Supermarket, which his wife describes as "the black or Hispanic Whole Foods." (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • In this Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, foto, Viviana Gentry Fernandez-Pellon, co-founder of Cooperation Operation, smiles as she falls on her back while working to clear section of high weeds and brush to create a new space for an organic produce garden in the Pullman neighborhood of Chicago. Large cities across the country are using a multi-pronged approach to bring healthy diets to "food deserts, " mostly low-income neighborhoods located miles away from the nearest supermarket. They hope not only to reduce rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, but to encourage community activism and empowerment. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • Op deze vrijdag, Aug. 9, 2019, foto, Stanford Williams works at the Growing Home, Inc. farm in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Large cities across the country are using a multi-pronged approach to bring healthy diets to "food deserts, " mostly low-income neighborhoods located miles away from the nearest supermarket. They hope not only to reduce rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, but to encourage community activism and empowerment. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • Op deze vrijdag, July 19, 2019 foto, Celeste Lomax harvests anise hyssop plants in a community garden at the Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill in Atlanta. Lomax lives in a low-income neighborhood in south Atlanta with limited access to healthy food. She said the community gardens provide an alternative food source for volunteers and neighborhood residents. (AP Photo/Andrea Smith)

  • In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, foto, Kamau Rashid works in his garden in the South Chicago Farm on Chicago's south side. Rashid and his wife Safia, started urban farming almost 14 years ago, when their oldest son was 3 years old. "We're doing this out of us feeling the need and responsibility toward our community." Safia Rashid, zei. Living in a neighborhood with little access to healthy foods, so-called food deserts, they set out to fight what they called "food apartheid." (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • Op deze donderdag 1 aug. 2019, foto, people gather for a barbecue in a vacant lot hosted by Inner-city Muslim Action Network's (IMAN) in Chicago's neighborhood of West Englewood. IMAN seeks to educated people on proper nutrition in a section of the city with low access to nutritional foods. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, foto, Sami Deffala, owner of the Morgan Mini Mart in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, Rechtsaf, offers his condolences to a customer who lost her 17-year-old son recently to gun violence in Ohio. Sami Defalla, who runs the small Mart in Englewood, has been an active partner with the campaign for more than two years. Defalla has created a "green zone" in the store where shoppers can purchase inexpensive fresh fruits and vegetables. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • Op deze vrijdag, Aug. 9, 2019, foto, a man walks on a sidewalk past boarded up business in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. vanaf 2015 roughly 22% of Atlanta's population was living in a low-income community more than a mile from a food store, and in Chicago, that number is 5%, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, foto, two people pass though the doorway of the Morgan Mini Mart in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Sami Defalla, who runs the Morgan Mini Mart in Englewood, has been an active partner with the campaign for more than two years. Defalla has created a "green zone" in the store where shoppers can purchase inexpensive fresh fruits and vegetables. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • In this Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, foto, Olisaemeka Okakpu walks into a section of public land consisting of high weeds and brush, that his organization Cooperation Operation plan to clear for an organic produce garden in the Pullman neighborhood of Chicago. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • Op deze donderdag Aug. 15, 2019, foto, Kathryn Gatewood pours juice into a glass for her son, Tracy at their home in Chicago's Englewood Neighborhood. "We spend almost 40% of our paychecks combined to ensure a healthier diet for our kids, " ze zei, adding that it is a better alternative than buying bad food from the "dusty shelves" of corner stores in Englewood. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • Op deze donderdag Aug.15, 2019, foto, Christopher "Mad Dog" Thomas, drives into Pete's Market in Chicago's Garfield Neighborhood. Thomas organizes a weekly family trip outside their neighborhood to the store, which his wife describes as "the black or Hispanic Whole Foods." (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • Op deze vrijdag, Aug. 9, 2019, foto, Maurice McCary, links, Stanford Williams, center and Torreyon Simmons, work at the Growing Home, Inc. farm in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Large cities across the country are using a multi-pronged approach to bring healthy diets to "food deserts, " mostly low-income neighborhoods located miles away from the nearest supermarket. They hope not only to reduce rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, but to encourage community activism and empowerment. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • Op deze donderdag Aug. 15, 2019, foto, Rian Gatewood-Hillestad reacts to cartoons printed on a cereal box while shopping with his parents at Pete's Market in Chicago's Garfield neighborhood. Christopher "Mad Dog" Thomas, Rian's father, organizes a weekly family trip outside their neighborhood to Pete's Supermarket, which his wife describes as "the black or Hispanic Whole Foods." (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

  • In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 foto, people pass by the Fresh MARTA Market in the West End transit station in Atlanta. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the Atlanta nonprofit Community Farmers Markets partner to run the stands, which sell food from some Atlanta urban farms. (AP Photo/Andrea Smith)

  • In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 foto, volunteer Xavier Lopez helps a customer select fruits and vegetables at the Fresh MARTA Market at the West End transit station in Atlanta. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the Atlanta nonprofit Community Farmers Markets partner to run the stands, which provide a healthy food source for people living in food deserts.(AP Photo/Andrea Smith)

  • In this Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, foto, Viviana Gentry Fernandez-Pellon, co-founder of Cooperation Operation, eats an apple as she looks over the successful urban community garden in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

"I wish I had a bigger platform to offer more ... to my customers, " Deffala said.

The Muslim Action Network also operates a health clinic where patients can see a dietitian free of charge and receive coupons for free produce at the nearby farmers market. Every Friday, the group hosts a farmers market where residents can connect with local urban farmers.

As a volunteer in a community garden in Atlanta, Celeste Lomax is finally able to take fresh produce home to her low-income neighborhood, which is located about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) away from the nearest supermarket.

"We have a right to eat healthy like everyone else does, " ze zei.

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