“…East Liberty Development, Inc. is partnering with Just Harvest, a local economic justice nonprofit, to enhance the market’s publicity. As large-scale redevelopment continues in East Liberty, the two organizations are […]
News Item Types Archives: Fresh Access
Pittsburghers want to fight food deserts with urban farms, mobile markets and community
“[Just Harvest] is partnering with semi-finalist Economic Development South on a project to revitalize Clairton, a food desert about 15 miles south of Pittsburgh. According to EDS, the closest grocery […]
Bloomfield Saturday Market returns with more than just food
Farmers’ markets have always been preeminent destinations for buying fresh local produce. Over the last few years, though, these markets have grown into creative forums that aim to address community needs. […]
Fresh Access grows sixfold in two years
It was 2004, and the hunger advocacy and policy group, Just Harvest, realized it had a problem. It had been working for the past 18 years to put healthy food […]
Mapping hunger: Where are Pittsburgh’s food deserts?
Larimer is a neighborhood of opposites: Sitting on the southern border is the booming Bakery Square development, filled with shops, restaurants and Pittsburgh’s Google offices, a glowing symbol of the […]
With food, two groups help immigrants to assimilate
Along with other assimilation issues, immigrants and refugees arriving in a new country sometimes don’t know where to find healthy foods, or they don’t have good sources for foods they recognize from […]
No One Left Behind: Technology can be used to cut health care disparities
Concerned that food stamp users lacked the opportunity to buy fresh vegetables, the anti-hunger group Just Harvest decided two years ago to take credit card machines to local farmers markets […]
How to Make Pittsburgh’s Farmers Markets Better
Market managers, farmers and customers all can play a role in helping markets to live up to their potential.
Farm-fresh access grows in Pittsburgh’s urban areas
With the farmers market season in full swing, shoppers across Western Pennsylvania are looking to buy locally grown, affordable fresh fruits and vegetables. But not everyone has access to fresh […]
Food Stamp incentive program expanded to city farmers markets
The City of Pittsburgh is joining with Just Harvest to promote a healthy new incentive for food stamps at 14 area farmers markets this summer. For the first time, for […]
