Down with food deserts, up with knowledge!
By: Mattie Wilson On January 23, YLS members came out to the K.L.E.O Community Family Life Center in Washington Park to learn about an issue affecting the health and wellness of residents in many Chicago neighborhoods. The highlighted issue was Food Deserts, or rather how lack of access to healthy food- geographically and financially- affects the health of many Chicago residents. Over 30 YLS members heard from a panel of experts and then broke out into smaller, issue centered discussion groups....