East Gainesville has long been recognized as a food desert. After years of failed attempts to bring another grocery store to the area, a new solution is on the table — a Farm Stop.
Alachua County Commissioner Anna Prizzia introduced the model, which is a combination of a grocery store and farmers market, at a special county commission meeting Feb. 3.
“It would help with fresh food access, it would help with community foods systems and it would help with our local food economy,” Prizzia said at the meeting…