Utica Locals Tackle Food Desert Woes With ‘Homegrown’ Festival
Sipp Culture is planning the Homegrown Utica Festival as part of local efforts to tackle food insecurity in Utica, a Mississippi food desert.
Sipp Culture is planning the Homegrown Utica Festival as part of local efforts to tackle food insecurity in Utica, a Mississippi food desert.
“Meet, Greet & Eat” is a no-contact community meal for Utica residents to learn about “Equitable Food Futures,” a project to address healthy food access in rural Mississippi. Sipp Culture Director Carlton Turner wants to “complicate the narrative” beyond the need for a grocery store to growing fresh food.
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