Coalition planning solution to Detroit's shortage of grocery stores

Detroit groups are coming together to bring healthy grocery options to Detroiters.

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A broad coalition devoted to improving Detroit’s food security is working with underserved communities and state legislators to bring fresh food options to several neighborhoods.

The M.O.S.E.S. Supermarket Task Force is a partnership anchored by M.O.S.E.S. (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength), a group of around 60 area congregations, and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 876. The diverse group hopes to rally around the opening of several planned grocery outlets throughout Detroit.

"We believe that quality markets are critical to good health and neighborhood security," M.O.S.E.S. President Reverend Kevin Turman says. "It's a moral issue -- and so it’s also a religious one."

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