Using a farm-to-table approach to combat food deserts in South Jersey

Name: Using a farm-to-table approach to combat food deserts
Uploaded: 2020-10-12T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 72 h 13 min 20 s
Description: Group works work with farmers in Cumberland County to deliver fresh produce and healthy prepared meals to residents of Camden and Salem. Most of Camden is considered a food desert, meaning people have to go more than a mile to get to healthy nutritious food.

Leah Mishkin, Correspondent | October 12, 2020 | More Issues

Group works with farmers in Cumberland County to deliver fresh produce and healthy prepared meals to residents of Camden and Salem

Some urban residents have to travel miles to get to a grocery story. Camden is notorious for being a food desert. Nutritionists say that leads to high rates of hypertension and other life-threatening illnesses because of limited access to fresh fruit and vegetables. But Invincible City is working to cultivate a better future by using a farm-to-table approach. Correspondent Leah Mishkin reports as part of our ongoing series “Hunger in NJ.”

Support for “Hunger in NJ” has been provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Leah Mishkin

Correspondent

Emmy nominated correspondent Leah Mishkin has been on the general assignment beat for NJ Spotlight News since 2017. Her passion is meeting new people and telling their stories. She has been reporting and anchoring at stations across the East Coast since graduating from Emerson College.

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