The Fair Food Foundation has set up shop in Ann Arbor, with the
ultimate goal of making fresh, locally-grown produce available to all
residents of southeast Michigan.
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Eventually, foundation officials plan to buy and operate an organic
farm in the Ann Arbor area and run the organization from an office in
Detroit, [acting president and CEO Oran] Hesterman said.
An unidentified Michigan family is funding the private foundation,
which is expected to be the largest private non-profit in the country
whose sole focus is on a sustainable and equitable food system,
Hesterman said.
Hesterman said the food system serves people who have the ability to
pay for the food where it shows up: stores, farmers markets or
restaurants.
"We will focus on the urban and rural food systems so people will
have greater access to healthy, local, fresh food," said Nicole de
Beaufort, acting director of communications for the foundation. "...
For a lot of kids growing up in these areas, they go to the gas station
for their food. There's no fresh food there, just plenty of Cheetos."
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