Community Acts to Combat Food Desert
Gardeners in Panacea, Florida are banding together to provide accessible, nutritious, and affordable food amidst a food desert. The nearest grocery store to Panacea is 20 minutes away, which makes community intervention essential to the health of the community. The community is under no pretenses that the garden will be able to replace the grocery store but finds it imperative to provide healthy and fresh food in anyway they can. Read more here.