Milwaukee backyard food pantry promoting food justice and equality

Sherman Park has a new(ish) food pantry that is putting a twist on making food accessible for those who need it.

A FOOD PANTRY IN MILWAUKEE'SSHERMAN PARK IS CELEBRATINGSERVING THE COMMUNITY.DIGITIAL REPORTER JAMES GROHSHARES THIS STORY.This is what food equalitylooks like this is what foodjustice looks like.

It's acommunity-run food pantry,fridge, and garden here inSherman Park.

?"Oftentimeswhen you go to the grocerystore a bag of peaches costsmore than a box of twinkies."Which is why Emma Toth createda food pantry in her backyardto make healthyoptions moreaccessible.

It's called Foodis Free MKE, and it'locatedat 56th and Townsend iMilwaukee's Sherman ParkNeighborhood.

(Giving food toa neighbor) "Blueberry.Blueberry.

You're in luck.""Thank you.""It's a problemwhen the healthfoods costsmore than the unhealthy foods,and we're kind of here to showthat when we're given goodchoice we will make goodchoices."One year ago, sheharvested some produce and putit on a table for anyone ttake.

A couple of neighborsbegan dropping off extra foodtoo.

Now this backyard foodpantry hastaken on a life ofits own."Give away1,200vegetable starter plants forpeople to grow in their garden.""When you give people theopportunities and access togrow their own food it reallyhelps in the sustainability oftrue food justice."Dozens ofpeople come every day topickup food, donate it, or doboth.

It has become so popularFood is Free MKE is expandinginto otherareas of ShermanPark.If you want to help orare in need of affordablehealthy food, you can find outmore by going to the Food isFree MKE Facebookpage.

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