Cleveland and Cuyahoga County are taking on the issue of food deserts or neigborhoods in the area lacking supermarket access. The Health Improvement Partnership-Cuyahoga Consortium Supermarket Coalition held its first meeting late last year. The group hopes to leverage local and state grants to attract food retailers to open hard hit areas, including East Cleveland.
Future Outlook
From miles and miles of verdant fields to stunning greenhouses, receivers and retailers have plenty of produce flowing to their doors in Ohio. Add in its position in the Midwest, at the nexus of many interstates, and the Buckeye State is not only a seasonal powerhouse but a year-round supplier of note.
Another way of saying it, with a nod to the old marketing campaign and state pride, comes from Tim Parker at Son’s Packaging in Akron: “Ohio is, after all, the Heart of It All.”
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