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Crowdfunder: Breaking a Denver neighborhood food desert with co-op grocery store

Sep 28, 2015, 8:51 AM 0

LatinaLista – Campaign: Launch the Westwood Food Co-op to Feed Food Deserts Six years ago in a crowded room in an overlooked predominantly Latino Denver neighborhood called Westwood, people were talking heatedly about problems in the neighborhood: bad…

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Urban Farmist: San Antonio Food Bank on mission to turn city’s food deserts into small healthy food oases

Nov 3, 2014, 3:38 PM 0

By Aaron de Leon LatinaLista Several years ago, I volunteered to join a caravan of recreational vehicles being driven half way across the country. Somewhere near the Mexico-Texas border, one of the vehicles had some trouble. We contacted a…

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Guest Voz: Innovative solutions working to tackle Latino health issues — más needed

Jan 21, 2014, 1:27 PM 0

By Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez LatinaLista San Antonio is what the entire United States will look like in 40 years, some say. That’s good news, but not all good. San Antonio’s large Latino population contributes immeasurably to the diverse…