$400M Healthy Food Financing Initiative Proposed in Presidential Budget
A $400 million investment in fresh food programs for low-income communities has been suggested in the recently released 2011 Presidential budget proposal. The public-private grant and loan program would invest in new and expanded supermarkets, farmers markets and other food stores in "underserved communities," reducing the estimated 23 million Americans (8.5 percent) with limited access to full-service markets. Officially called ... read morePublished in Garden
