Tag: food insecurity
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From Tiny Seeds, Mighty Collard Greens Grow
The Healthy Corners project is putting fresh produce into two inner-city Richmond markets. If the idea takes root, one of the nations’ worst food deserts could blossom with outlets for healthy food.
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Hens and Self Sufficiency
In a victory for urban chicken lovers everywhere, Richmond City Council adopted yesterday the final set of regulations that will make it permissible to own up to four hens in residential areas. In a setback for gender equality, however, the ban on roosters still applies. (See the Times-Dispatch article.) Just kidding about the gender-equality thing.…
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Food Insecurity… or Child Neglect?
by James A. Bacon We read today in the Times-Dispatch about the trials and tribulations of one Ashley C. Williams, who recently tested positive for cocaine last month while awaiting trial in Richmond for the death of her two-year-old son. The boy died of starvation and dehydration on May 30, 2009, weighing only 14 pounds.…