New grocery store focuses on 'food justice' in underserved Grand Rapids neighborhood
New grocery store focuses on ‘food justice’ in underserved Grand Rapids neighborhood Updated Jan 17, 2021; Facebook Share It’s also a social justice issue. So, when the 30-year-old Grand Rapids resident had the opportunity to open her new neighborhood grocery store, South East Market, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, she jumped on it. She sees a connection between the slain civil right’s leader’s push for equal rights for Black Americans and her goal of chipping away at the chronic health issues that disproportionally plague low-income people of color. “MLK really empowered peopl...
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