{"id":143,"date":"2025-05-09T07:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jessicasufka.webhostingforstudents.com\/finalproject\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2025-05-11T22:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:52:34","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jessicasufka.webhostingforstudents.com\/finalproject\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"about usOur projects\n\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: black; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><\/span> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\"><span style=\"\"><br><\/span><span style=\"\">Farmers Market<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: black; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"font-size:medium;\">We are proud to have 2 summertime farmers markets open to the public to bring fresh and healthy food to the Central Hillside and Lincoln Park neighborhoods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5; font-weight: 400;\">Each market provides a $25 match for all SNAP participants and also runs the Power of Produce Club, which provides children under 18 and elders over 60 with $4 each market to be spent on fresh produce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5; font-weight: 400;\">The farmers markets are located in two low-income neighborhoods that are historically underserved, lacking grocery stores, and have a lower life expectancy than the surrounding metro. These markets are not only a place for people to gain access to fresh and affordable produce but also act as an engine for community connection that contributes to the social and economic vitality of the neighborhoods we serve.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: black; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><strong><u style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Community Mobile Market<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: black; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><b><u><\/u><\/b>In February of 2021, we launched Duluth&#8217;s first ever Mobile Market outside of the Children&#8217;s Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:&quot;Aptos&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\nAptos;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">Socioeconomic,\nracial, geographic, and environmental factors limit community access to\nnutritious food in Duluth. The central and western neighborhoods such as\nCentral Hillside, Lincoln Park, Morgan Park, and Gary-New Duluth are\nparticularly vulnerable due to their high concentrations of low-income\nresidents and lack of grocery stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:&quot;Aptos&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\nAptos;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">Our\ngreatest initiative utilizing our mobile market is to bring fresh produce,\npantry staples, dairy products, canned goods, and more to communities across\nDuluth.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: black; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><strong><u style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Deep Winter Greenhouse and Urban Garden<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; color: black; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:&quot;Aptos&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\nAptos;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">Our\ngreenhouse and garden are part of helping us achieve our goals, which for our\nSeeds of Success Program focus on food equality and justice.<\/span><\/p>learn More\n\n<h2>Farmers Markets<\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-143","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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