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After Decades in a Food Desert, These Neighbors Are Building a $2 Million Co-op—And They Own It

Nov 1, 2015 | Resources

For nearly 20 years, the residents of this mostly African American Greensboro community had nowhere to shop for food. They tried to attract a big-box grocery store; when that didn’t work, they started their own.

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