Mission and public details
WINSTON-SALEM, NC, THE PRINCIPAL CITY IN FORSYTH COUNTY, HAS MULTIPLE "FOOD DESERTS,- or RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO FULL-SERVICE GROCERY STORES, OFFERING PRODUCE and OTHER FRESH FOODS, WITHIN A RADIUS of ONE MILE. THESE "FOOD DESERTS" ARE LOCATED IN AREAS of THE CITY WHERE THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME is AT or NEAR THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. ACCORDING to A 2017 STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY of WINSTON-SALEM, AN ESTIMATED 17% of FORSYTH COUNTY RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED FOOD INSECURITY IN 2014. AN ESTIMATED 38% of POOR FORSYTH COUNTY RESIDENTS LIVE IN A "FOOD DESERT," IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION of OVER 360,000. RESIDENTS of "FOOD DESERTS" ARE NORMALLY AFFLICTED BY MULTIPLE DISADVANTAGES…
- Organization
- SHARE-WS INC
- EIN
- 82-4465935
- Address
- 603 PETERS CREEK PARKWAY, WINSTONSALEM, NC, 27103-0000
- County
- Forsyth
- Tax category
- Food, Agriculture & Nutrition N.E.C.
- NTEE classification
- K99
- Organization website
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