Growing the Food Supply with Urban Gardens and Community Markets.

Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. don’t have enough food to eat and what they do have probably isn’t the most nutritious, leading to possible health problems later in life. Food banks and food rescue organizations are helping (we’ll cover those in another podcast), but so are community markets and urban gardens. They’re working to fill the gap by providing healthy food and teaching people to grow their own food. Interview guests: Adie Tomer, senior fellow Brookings Institute; Laura Schmidt, principal investigator NOURISH at UC San Francisco; Amarnath Gupta, NOURISH research scientist UC San Diego; Domonique Peebles, founder of Brick Gardens; Michael Schulz, co-founder and executive director Mission of Mary Cooperative; Jasmine Taylor, site director Meiser’s Fresh Grocery and Deli; Amaha Sellassie, board president of Gem City Market Cooperative How are neighborhood grocers or community gardens helping where you live. Share your experience and give the show some feedback: https://forms.gle/UjrZ1jYdtvRjgKqT9  Brick by Brick WebsiteFeedback Survey