Getting Local Real Food is Hardest Where It's Needed Most

This may seem obvious, but many of the enlightened social progress "movements", such as energy conservation, green consumption and sustainable food production are, to the poorest of our population in depressed inner city neighborhoods, remote lifestyle choices and eccentric hobbies of rich people. Every aspect of our society, in particular the big infrastructure systems like economic development, transportation, healthcare, political representation, criminal justice, and the food system, are stacked against residents of these left behind urban areas.

Does that mean that nobody should even try to pursue progress in areas such as sustainable and more healthy food? Thankfully, some activists and organizers believe the answer is no. One Chicago Tribune article shows ways that people are trying to get affordable locally grown produce into inner city neighborhoods. These are very admirable efforts, particulary given the odds of fighting against what seems like the entire current of urban history of the last 40 years. I intend to learn more about these programs, first in Chicago, then other "great lakes" cities like Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo. I'll share everything I learn here on Great Lakes Real Food.