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usepagov: Itta Bena, Mississippi Town Sign
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usepagov: Community members recommend steps to increase access to local foods in Itta Bena, MS.
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usepagov: A local farmer talks about the scarcity of healthy food at a community meeting.
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usepagov: Community members attend a Local Foods, Local Places workshop in Itta Bena, Mississippi.
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usepagov: Itta Bena Mayor Thelma Collins (lower left) shares ideas with EPA Senior Sustainability Advisor Anne Keller (lower right)
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usepagov: A store owner gives a tour of unoccupied downtown property being considered as the site of a new grocery store.
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usepagov: Itta Bena’s downtown is a mixture of occupied local businesses and vacant buildings.
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usepagov: EPA meets with academics and staff from Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena.
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usepagov: Liberty Merrill of YNDC inside an agricultural hoop house in Youngstown, Ohio.
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usepagov: YNDC van with “Stand Up, Stop Blight” logo.
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usepagov: Brightly colored barrels in front of agricultural hoop-house that spell out, “Youngstown.”
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usepagov: Community toolshed at the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation.
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usepagov: Community Workshop LFLP Youngstown
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usepagov: New canning machine being installed at the kitchen incubator in Youngstown.
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usepagov: Existing signage in downtown Flippin, AR
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usepagov: Sign outside of city hall in downtown Flippin advertising local events.
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usepagov: A timeline community members created organizing their goals
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usepagov: Local, state, regional, and federal stakeholders work together in planning the future farmers markets and downtown.
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usepagov: The Flippin School District Community Garden in Flippin, AR.
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usepagov: The Flippin School District Community Garden in Flippin, AR.
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usepagov: The main crosswalk in downtown Flippin
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usepagov: Community members consider location options.
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usepagov: Mary Jennifer Russell from Biscuits and Jam Farmers’ Market, New Albany, MS and Shelly Johnstone, former manager of Hernando’s Farmers’ Market, Hernando, MS share ideas during the workshop.
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usepagov: Draft drawing for proposed farmers’ market site.
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usepagov: Community residents and local foods stakeholders visiting the proposed farmers’ market site in Clarksdale, MS.
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usepagov: Food production map used in Local Foods, Local Places workshop
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usepagov: Learning how federal programs and resources might fit into Clarksdale’s local foods goals.
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