Detroit

We inherited a food system that was flawed at best and broken at its worst. Yet the solutions most often proposed focus solely on emergency food. […] Long-term solutions can take many forms, like increasing support for sustainable urban agriculture, community grocery stores, and farmers markets. Restaurant workers and food entrepreneurs, especially from marginalized groups, need tangible aid to establish more financial security for themselves and their employees. [… We need] healthier school lunches, food for senior citizens, and more democratized agriculture. We also need to ensure that working people receive living wages that allow them to meet their own needs.