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Cheaper Fruit And Vegetables Alone Can't Save Food Deserts

Credit Carlos Osorio / AP

Five days a week, the Peaches & Greens truck sells affordable fruits and vegetables to families on public assistance, people without a car, homebound seniors and even local workers who otherwise would grab fast food or candy for a snack.

Credit Carlos Osorio / AP

Peaches & Greens driver Diane Brown helps customers out of her truck in Detroit where she sells fresh fruits and vegetables.

By Eliza Barclay

Originally published on Thu November 15, 2012 4:12 pm

Tens of millions of Americans can't follow the government's guidelines for healthful eating because they can't afford or access enough fresh fruits and vegetables. Sometimes it's because they live in what's known as a "food desert," places devoid of markets with a good variety of quality fresh foods.

8:21 am

Tue November 13, 2012

Community Impact Series: Children’s Hospital/Greater New Orleans Immunization Network

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The Greater New Orleans Immunization Network takes its services on the road.

By Ian McNulty

To tackle perilously-low rates of immunizations, a local initiative is bringing free vaccinations directly to neighborhoods and schools.

9:10 am

Thu November 8, 2012

Recipients picked for BP tourism, seafood grants

By The Associated Press

More than 100 nonprofit groups and government entities have been picked to get shares of $43.7 million in BP funds to promote the Gulf Coast's tourism and seafood industries following the company's 2010 oil spill.

The first round of grants announced Wednesday by court-supervised claims administrator Patrick Juneau is part of a proposed settlement between BP and a team of private plaintiffs' attorneys.

The deal calls for BP to fund a total of $57 million in tourism and seafood promotion grants.

9:00 am

Tue November 6, 2012

Jazz & Heritage Foundation Presents Neighborhood Development Symposium

By WWNO Staff

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development, will present a Tom Dent Congo Square Symposium this Friday, Nov. 9.

8:26 am

Tue November 6, 2012

Community Impact Series: Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

Credit Ian McNulty

As Louisiana's coastal crisis closes in, a coalition is working toward system-wide solutions.

By Ian McNulty

Working to move Louisiana's coastal crisis beyond local turf wars, and stumping for the state's entire coastal system.

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Thu November 15, 2012