Run Black & Green, Metcalfe Park Community Bridges and Harmon Community Farm are on a mission to address Milwaukee’s growing food access crisis. Their latest effort was a community-led day of action and wellness on July 11.
It’s been a year since Metcalfe Park lost its only grocery store. The event started in the now deserted Pick ’n Save parking lot at 2355 N. 35th St.
“This was a wrongful execution of food access,” said Nateya Taylor, founder of Run Black & Green, as she read a poem.
A year since closing
Since the close of the 35th Street Pick ’n Save in Metcalfe Park at least six more grocery stores have shuttered across Milwaukee…