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CPH student helps connect neighborhood to fresh produce

Published on July 6, 2016

A plant most people try to rid from their driveways and sidewalks, purslane, is the best-selling item at the new Pheasant Ridge produce stand. The plant is popular with the large Sudanese population living in the Pheasant Ridge apartment complex.

Julia Friberg (MPH ’16), a recent grad from the College of Public Health, conducted a need assessment last semester that helped Local Foods Connection “identify the needs and desires of the community,” said program Executive Director Cassidy Bell.

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