South Carolina's Pick 42 Foundation has been awarded a $1 million grant to buy food from local farmers and distribute it to residents of four counties considered food deserts, the State reports.
Change SC, a new initiative from the state's Department of Agriculture, aims to "connect South Carolinians living in food deserts with fresh, locally grown food while working to improve their eating habits and health outcomes," according to a press release.
The three-month pilot program began Nov.
1 in Dillon, Marion, Marlboro, and Williamsburg counties, which have the highest food insecurity rates in the state.
The Eat Local Pee Dee project will distribute food every Thursday from 11am to 2pm at 17 sites and 14 team leaders.
Alicia Harrison-Grice, the president of the H2G Empire, which is working with the foundation, tells the State that access to fresh, healthy food is "somewhat to very important for their health," but "it is about providing access to fresh foods, which are sometimes not easily accessible."
She says more than 1,600 families have been served so far.
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