Resilient Neighborhoods: Deeply Rooted Gardens Reduces Barriers for Farmers of Color

To Detroit entrepreneur Dazmonique Carr, almost any patch of dirt can be a farm, and almost anyone can be a farmer.

Eight years ago, Carr established Deeply Rooted Produce, a farmer-to-consumer food distribution service, after learning about Detroiters’ lack of access to healthy food in a nutrition education class at Wayne State University. The business provided local farmers of color with a reliable income by marketing their fresh, locally grown food to Detroit residents.

But Carr’s service revealed a gap in the burgeoning urban farming scene: suppliers/farmers needed serious help distributing their goods…

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