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Fresh-Ucation

Fresh-Ucation

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Started by Anastasia Hartshorn 11 years, 2 months ago

Fresh-Ucation educates our community about food deserts and helps develop a plan for action. In doing this, we understand that the food provided in our area is not quality or affordable in the Hilltop community. This is our call to action. The Hilltop community needs nutritional and accessible quality food, yet this area is a well known food desert. Food desert does not mean without food, but without nutritional and affordable food within a community. Having access to only unhealthy food such as the food provided by the fast food industry all around Hilltop leads to major health problems such as obesity, diabetes and other issues. This is unacceptable because having access to healthy food should be a basic human right, yet in Hilltop this right is denied. We as a community want change once and for all. Please show your support by signing this petition to increase health food stores, quality food produce in grocery stores and variety in healthy options so people are not bound by convenience to eat unhealthiely.

Updates

May 29, 2015

I have spent this week drafting formal proposals for the municipal planning board to address the lack of fresh produce retailers in Hilltop. A representative from the local health council reached out today to discuss potential site locations for a new grocer. I am currently reviewing their zoning documents to identify which existing properties can be converted for food distribution.

May 29, 2015

The growth of this petition has reached a level that allows us to request a formal meeting with the city planning department. We are currently drafting a proposal to present at that session regarding the specific zoning adjustments needed to attract healthy food grocers to Hilltop.

7 Comments

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Marcus Nichols
11 years ago Featured

HILLTOP DESERVES BETTER THAN JUST CORNER STORE JUNK FOOD. tired of having to drive 20 mins just for a decent apple.

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Sarah Chapman
11 years ago Featured

Honestly it is so hard to find fresh veggies around here. everything is just processed garbage.

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Dave McKenzie
11 years ago Featured

get us some produce in the neighborhood already!!

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Valeria Sanchez-Jimenez
11 years ago

Great initiative on an issue on the spectrum of the fight for food rights!`

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Imani Conway
11 years ago

WHEE WOO WHEE WOO FRESH-UCATION

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Libby Shafer
11 years ago

:)

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Steve Jackson
11 years ago

yay

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