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    Jardins da cidade, barracas de produtos públicos facilitam comida no deserto
    p Nesta sexta-feira, 9 de agosto, 2019, foto, funcionários trabalham na Growing Home, Fazenda Inc no bairro de Englewood em Chicago. Atlanta, Chicago e outras grandes cidades em todo o país estão adotando uma abordagem multifacetada para trazer dietas saudáveis ​​para "desertos alimentares, "principalmente bairros de baixa renda localizados a quilômetros de distância do supermercado mais próximo. Suas iniciativas incluem barracas de produtos frescos em estações de transporte público, jardins urbanos, e parcerias com empresas de caronas para levar os residentes aos supermercados e mercados de produtores. O objetivo é reduzir os distúrbios de saúde e empoderar comunidades de baixa renda. (AP Photo / Amr Alfiky)

    p No caminho para casa, Darnell Eleby fez uma pausa antes de embarcar no trem na estação Five Points de Atlanta e manobrou sua cadeira de rodas até uma parada não vista em muitas plataformas de transporte de massa:uma barraca de comida fresca abastecida com frutas e vegetais coloridos. Ajudado por um voluntário, ele encheu uma cesta com bananas, maçãs, milho e abóbora e pagos com um voucher de programa de saúde. p "Ajuda quando você não consegue chegar à loja, "Eleby disse.

    p Em Chicago, grupos sem fins lucrativos abriram clínicas de saúde onde os funcionários fornecem aos pacientes educação nutricional e cupons gratuitos para os mercados de agricultores da área repletos de alimentos saudáveis. Ambas as cidades também encorajaram esforços crescentes para plantar jardins urbanos.

    p Grandes cidades em todo o país estão usando essa abordagem multifacetada para trazer dietas saudáveis ​​para "desertos alimentares, "principalmente bairros de baixa renda localizados a quilômetros de distância do supermercado mais próximo. Eles esperam não apenas reduzir as taxas de diabetes, pressão alta e obesidade, mas para encorajar o ativismo e o empoderamento da comunidade.

    p "Estamos fazendo isso por ... responsabilidade para com nossa comunidade, "Safia Rashid disse do jardim que ela e seu marido, Kamau Rashid, cuidou do lado sul de Chicago nos últimos 14 anos.

    p A mãe de 44 anos disse que o casal começou a cultivar jardinagem quando seu filho mais velho tinha 3 anos, para lutar contra o "'apartheid alimentar' ... pessoas que deliberadamente desinvestem nesta comunidade, removendo alimentos saudáveis ​​de nós, "Safia Rashid disse.

    p Nesta sexta-feira, 16 de agosto, 2019, foto, uma garota carrega uma cabra no mercado de fazendeiros da Inner-city Muslim Action Network (IMAN) em Chicago, em Chicago, em Chicago. Atlanta, Chicago e outras grandes cidades em todo o país estão adotando uma abordagem multifacetada para trazer dietas saudáveis ​​para "desertos alimentares, "principalmente bairros de baixa renda localizados a quilômetros de distância do supermercado mais próximo. Suas iniciativas incluem barracas de produtos frescos em estações de transporte público, jardins urbanos, e parcerias com empresas de caronas para levar os residentes aos supermercados e mercados de produtores. O objetivo é reduzir os distúrbios de saúde e empoderar comunidades de baixa renda. (AP Photo / Amr Alfiky)

    p O jardim dos Rashids é cultivado na Fazenda South Chicago, um local de 14 acres (5,6 hectares) desenvolvido em 2015. É uma das oito fazendas em Chicago operadas pela organização sem fins lucrativos Urban Growers Collective.

    p Em Atlanta, muitos dos tomates, pêssegos e pimentões encontrados em latas nos mercados Fresh MARTA vêm de alimentos cultivados na cidade e em fazendas próximas, disse Hilary King, da organização sem fins lucrativos Community Farmers Markets, que tem parceria com a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority para administrar as arquibancadas. Lançado em 2015, os mercados MARTA estão localizados em diferentes estações durante a semana.

    p “Não podemos confiar nos métodos tradicionais de varejo, "disse o diretor de agricultura urbana de Atlanta, Mario Cambardella.

    p Organizações sem fins lucrativos também se associaram à empresa de compartilhamento de passeios Lyft para oferecer a até 300 famílias de baixa renda viagens com desconto em mercados de produtores e supermercados em Atlanta. O programa piloto de seis meses, chamado Access AgLanta, começou em 1º de junho, inspirado por uma parceria semelhante com a Lyft em Washington, D.C.

    p Nesta quinta-feira, 15 de agosto, 2019, foto, Christopher "Mad Dog" Thomas, carrega seu filho, Rian Gatewood-Hillestad, enquanto fazia compras no Pete's Market no bairro de Garfield em Chicago. Thomas, que cresceu no bairro de Altgeld Gardens, no South Side de Chicago, disse que sofria de "distúrbio alimentar do deserto alimentar, 'onde tudo que você pode comer são doces. "Thomas e sua esposa, faça uma viagem semanal fora de sua vizinhança para esta loja, que sua esposa descreve como "o Whole Foods preto ou hispânico." (AP Photo / Amr Alfiky)

    p “O que ouvimos com frequência ao longo dos anos é que o transporte é uma grande barreira para o acesso aos alimentos, "disse Alysa Moore, gerente de programa da Georgia Fresh For Less, que fornece aos residentes do estado que recebem vale-refeição assistência financeira para fazer compras em feiras livres.

    p Eleby depende muito dos mercados de plataformas de trânsito. Sem eles, ele disse, ele seria forçado a confiar em um pequeno número de lojas em seu bairro de baixa renda no sudoeste de Atlanta, onde disse que precisava cheirar comida ou examinar se havia mofo antes de comprá-la. A comida lá, ele disse, isn't "like it's supposed to be."

    p A partir de 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.

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

    p In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, foto, dietitian Heba Abdel Latief, direito, 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)

    p 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."

    p 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."

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

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

    p 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.

    • p In this Thursday, 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)

    • p Neste sábado, 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)

    • p Nesta sexta-feira, 9 de agosto, 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)

    • p Nesta sexta-feira, July 19, Foto 2019, 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)

    • p Nesta terça, 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, disse. 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)

    • p In this Thursday, Aug. 1, 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)

    • p In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, foto, Sami Deffala, owner of the Morgan Mini Mart in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, direito, 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)

    • p Nesta sexta-feira, 9 de agosto, 2019, foto, a man walks on a sidewalk past boarded up business in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. A partir de 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)

    • p 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)

    • p Neste sábado, 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)

    • p In this Thursday, 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, " ela disse, adding that it is a better alternative than buying bad food from the "dusty shelves" of corner stores in Englewood. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

    • p In this Thursday, 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)

    • p Nesta sexta-feira, 9 de agosto, 2019, foto, Maurice McCary, deixou, 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)

    • p In this Thursday, 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)

    • p Nesta terça, Aug. 20, Foto 2019, 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)

    • p Nesta terça, Aug. 20, Foto 2019, 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)

    • p Neste sábado, 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)

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

    p 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.

    p 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.

    p "We have a right to eat healthy like everyone else does, " ela disse. p © 2019 Associated Press. Todos os direitos reservados.




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