Working to Change the Food System ; Project Aims to Educate, Feed a Neighborhood in Need
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On a sunny weekday morning, with a half-dozen Buffalo police cars, lights flashing, answering a call just a few blocks away, Jesse Meeder walked around his West Side greenhouse, talking anxiously about his first-ever harvest.
The young urban farmer, seemingly oblivious to the cops down the street, pointed proudly to his watercress, parsley and basil -- and the 2,000 tilapia swimming around inside.See the full content of this document
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Working to Change the Food System ; Project Aims to Educate, Feed a Neighborhood in Need
Fresh fish being raised in Buffalo's inner city?
"My dream is to have several greenhouses," said Meeder, a self- taught fish farmer. "Of course, the ultimate goal is to change the food system and to show people: 'This is something you can do.' "Ambitious goals ...See the full content of this document
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