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Akron's New Food Hub Links Farmers, Producers, Consumers, and Disabled Adults

Akron's New Food Hub Links Farmers, Producers, Consumers, and Disabled Adults

Released Friday, 23rd September 2016
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Akron's New Food Hub Links Farmers, Producers, Consumers, and Disabled Adults

Akron's New Food Hub Links Farmers, Producers, Consumers, and Disabled Adults

Akron's New Food Hub Links Farmers, Producers, Consumers, and Disabled Adults

Akron's New Food Hub Links Farmers, Producers, Consumers, and Disabled Adults

Friday, 23rd September 2016
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Farmers, food producers, and Akron shoppers have found an oasis in what used to be a food desert. As WKSU’s Vivian Goodman reports in today’s Quick Bite, disabled adults are benefiting, too. John Luby works the register at Hattie’s Food Hub , the new corner market on Douglas Street, with his job coach Kimberly Purnell by his side. “Do you remember what the amount was, John?” she asks. “Ten,” John replies. “Awesome. Good job,” says his coach. “Ask her...” And before she can finish the sentence, John does ask his customer, “Do you want your receipt?” John is 21, developmentally challenged, and thanks to the non-profit Hattie Larlham organization, gainfully employed. “I like working in the retail,” he says. When asked for a healthy suggestion he points to a display of potatoes and yams. “Yeah,” says John. “It’s vegetable.” Fresh from the farm plus more Just-picked vegetables and fruits are available here from Hattie’s Gardens at Old Trail School in Bath and near the Akron Zoo , along with
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