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Pandemic grocery store anxiety made an attorney learn how to eat from the landPandemic grocery store anxiety made an attorney learn how to eat from the land

Pandemic grocery store anxiety made an attorney learn how to eat from the land

Filling Our Plates: Hundreds of new home gardeners in Detroit took food sovereignty into their own hands, with the support…

4 years ago
With no stove, no car, no money for rent, a single mom found a neighborhood lifelineWith no stove, no car, no money for rent, a single mom found a neighborhood lifeline

With no stove, no car, no money for rent, a single mom found a neighborhood lifeline

Filling Our Plates: Mutual aid is getting funds to people in need in vulnerable communities like Southwest Detroit -- and…

4 years ago
Filling Our Plates: Detroit food security innovationsFilling Our Plates: Detroit food security innovations

Filling Our Plates: Detroit food security innovations

Filling Our Plates profiles Detroiters who faced food insecurity during the pandemic -- and the innovations they and local groups…

4 years ago
This retired hospital worker started a free food fair on her block — with food that would have gone into a landfillThis retired hospital worker started a free food fair on her block — with food that would have gone into a landfill

This retired hospital worker started a free food fair on her block — with food that would have gone into a landfill

Filling Our Plates: A Detroit nonprofit is using an Uber-like app to connect businesses with small amounts of food to…

4 years ago
She lost her job while on maternity leave. A free online grocery store kept her family fed.She lost her job while on maternity leave. A free online grocery store kept her family fed.

She lost her job while on maternity leave. A free online grocery store kept her family fed.

Filling Our Plates: How an innovative Detroit emergency food distribution model empowered recipients through choice.

4 years ago