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A Fruitful Endeavor Combats 'Food Desert' in Detroit
It's really hard to get fresh fruits and vegetables if you live in inner-city Detroit. Fast food joins are abundant but until recently, the liquor store was your best bet if you needed a head of lettuce. In fact, there are 26 times more liquor stores than grocery stores in Detroit. Enter Peaches and Greens. They're trying to help Detroit residents eat better by bringing fruits and veggies to them — in their ice cream-style produce truck. NBC recently talked with executive director Lisa Johanon to find out how Peaches and Greens is improving the way people eat.
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Unemployment in Detroit Nearly 50 Percent
Officially, Detroit's unemployment rate is 27 percent. But this number doesn't factor in people that are underemployed or are unemployed and have given up on the job search more than a year ago. In reality, the Detroit News says, unemployment is closer to 45 percent if you factor in these groups. That's nearly half of the motor city's workers.
Detroit mayor Dave Bing commented on the situation in a statement for the Detroit News:
Jobs are the key to revitalizing Detroit ... The statistics tell part of the story, but we can't run from the reality that the need for jobs and investment is far greater than any statistic could measure.
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