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North Memphis grower calls out missing Recovery Act funds for food-desert projects
Summary
A North Memphis farmer and community leader said Recovery Act funds intended to address food deserts were withheld and asked the council for help locating the $3,000,000 earmarked for related projects.
Chief Andre Matthews, representing the Hokkiena Shobo Chickasaw Nation and the Family Farmers Co-op and Market, told the Memphis City Council on July 22 that a Recovery Act allocation intended for North Memphis food-desert initiatives has not reached local growers. Chief Matthews said the growers and farmers are “in a state of emergency” and alleged the $3,000,000 intended to support North Memphis food production and a community food network has been hijacked or withheld. He said representatives of District 7 had not responded to repeated requests for information about the funds and asked the council to clarify how the money will…
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