Urban farm continues feeding the hungry during COVID-19
One of Chicago’s longest active food justice organizations has found a creative way to pivot their business during COVID-19, while still providing fresh produce to the city’s most vulnerable.“The first obstacle (during the pandemic) was folks not being able to access SNAP remotely. For us, a lot of our customers are super vulnerable,” said Erika Allen, co-founder of Urban Growers Collective.“Suddenly they were all cut off, and we just pivoted into an emergency donation model.” And, they stepped up to help those in need!
06.16.20 | 02:33 | CC