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Wayne County Youth Council urges county action on food deserts; commission approves council's recommendations and partners to purchase food truck
Summary
Members of the Wayne County Commission Youth Council presented a resolution on April 15 urging county action on food deserts and food insecurity; the commission received the presentation and approved a related item amended to note the county is partnering to purchase a food truck.
Members of the Wayne County Commission Youth Council presented their 2024'25 annual report and a resolution titled No Man Hungry on April 15, asking the commission to endorse collaborative efforts to address food deserts and food insecurity in Wayne County.
Nidhi (Nidhi) Kumar, chair of the youth council, and other council members described a program year that included advocacy training at Wayne State University, an annual luncheon at the Detroit Institute of Arts, an advocacy trip to Lansing and Washington, D.C., and local outreach. The youth council said its chosen focus for 2024'25 is food insecurity and read a resolution calling for several county-level actions: support for expanded food banks and soup kitchens, growth of community gardens, a…
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