NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The city of Nashville is using a $7.5 million grant to fund a two-year initiative that hopes to change people's eating habits and stop a growing obesity epidemic.
The Metro Health Department has identified four major areas in Nashville where folks don't have easy access to fruits and vegetables. They're called food deserts, and they have created a plan for 29 corner markets to start selling fresh fruits and vegetables.
There is $500 incentive for the store owner to buy coolers, and for the distributor to deliver the goods. It's been tough sell to convince businesses it's the right thing to do for a community and still make it profitable.
"One of the things we have run into is just our distribution system. Who are we buying the produce from, and will the distributor actually deliver to small stores, and how many stores will that take to make that viable," Trevor Henderson from Metro Health Department said.
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