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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institute for Community Health Innovation is partnering with eight farmers markets in Washington and Benton counties to give people receiving SNAP, WIC or Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition benefits double the spending power. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams spoke with project manager Hannah Dial about the "Double Your Dollars" program.
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In this excerpt of District 3, hosts sit down with Tula owners Juan Bahena and Susana Ramirez Bahena to discuss their new non-profit, Casa Dos Alas. This non-profit fights food insecurity in Northwest Arkansas' Hispanic communities through innovative partnerships that make access to food a celebration of community and culture.
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On today's show, we learn more about new chocolate from Onyx Coffee Lab. Also, the Northwest Arkansas Handweavers Guild marks 75 years. Plus, a new approach to an existing challenge, food insecurity in Arkansas.
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The American Heart Association is teaming up with local partners, funders and DoorDash in an effort to deliver healthy food to people who live in food deserts and don’t have access to transportation. Brady Lacy, the American Heart Association's community impact director, discusses the “Food as Medicine” initiative that began this spring.
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In Arkansas, it’s not bizarre to find green in unexpected places— Like the roof of a hospital. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis takes us above the city of Fort Smith, where Baptist Health’s rooftop garden is yielding crops for those facing food insecurity.
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On today's show, we go up to the roof to lay some roots in Fort Smith. Also, a job fair for UAMS in Fayetteville is focusing on the folks without the stethoscopes. Plus, an award-winning poet discusses her latest work, "Umbilical Discord."
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In this episode of "I am Northwest Arkansas," host Randy Wilburn is joined by Anthony Mirisciotta, leader of Spring Creek Food Hub in Springdale. The relatively new organization is a platform that works with farmers and wholesalers to boost local agriculture and address food insecurity.
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On today's show, an effort to raise starting salaries for employees at the state’s only co-operative grocery. Also, moving away from a strict evangelical childhood. Plus, NPR reporter Sarah McCammon discusses her new book "Exvangelicals."
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The podcast "Points of Departure" highlights social problems like hunger, poverty and housing from local and global perspectives. The new season will premiere later this spring. Hosts Laurence Hare and Rogelio Garcia Contreras conducted a special conversation with Alyssa Snyder from local non-profit Seeds That Feed about an intercultural exchange in Barcelona addressing food insecurity.
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Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that Arkansas would be opting into a new program that aims to fight food insecurity for children. The program is called the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer, which will provide assistance to buy food during the summer months for eligible children in Arkansas.