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A New Initiative Works to Bring Fresh Food to Ohio's Food Deserts

A New Initiative Works to Bring Fresh Food to Ohio's Food Deserts

Released Friday, 26th August 2016
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A New Initiative Works to Bring Fresh Food to Ohio's Food Deserts

A New Initiative Works to Bring Fresh Food to Ohio's Food Deserts

A New Initiative Works to Bring Fresh Food to Ohio's Food Deserts

A New Initiative Works to Bring Fresh Food to Ohio's Food Deserts

Friday, 26th August 2016
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Food deserts are not just an urban problem. On many Ohio country roads, you can drive for miles without finding a grocery store. But a new public-private partnership is working on the problem as WKSU’s Vivian Goodman reports in today’s Quick Bite. “One of my most favorite things to do on a summer day like this is to be able to drive the country roads of Ashtabula County,” says state Sen. Capri Cafaro . “It is peaceful. There’s a lot of natural beauty.” But not a lot of food available for purchase. Cafaro knows the problem well. “For someone passing through, that might be an inconvenience. But for someone who actually lives here, it’s a matter of quality of life.” Driving for miles for fresh food Barbara Klingensmith’s social service agency, Country Neighbor , tries to help. “We provide a wide variety of services from home-delivered meals to emergency food to homemaker, personal care, transportation, a lot of different programs.” Klingensmith covers a lot of miles helping people in
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