WilmingtonBiz
“We wanted to build a store to serve the people who live there, to have a community presence and ownership, and also have a place where they can access healthy food options and education for more resources they need. A food co-op seemed to be the best route.”
StarNews Online
“That bothers me that we have a brewery that’s thriving but we don’t have a grocery store,” she said.
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“I’m one of those people that was on the fast-food and Family Dollar budget. My mom had two jobs and you got to figure out how to feed yourself. The easiest way as a child to feed yourself is Hot Pockets and oodles of noodles, you know,” said Harrison
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“This is the moment to build that community comradery and bring on the folks of this side of town,” Harrison said. “Because if they aren’t invested in this business, it doesn’t matter how much we put into it, it won’t strive without them.”
Port City Daily
“Today the closest place you can go is Dawson Street Food Lion — unless you want to take the back road and go out to Food Lion in Castle Hayne,” he said in the podcast.
Port City Daily Podcast
On this episode, we take a deep dive into the Northside Food Co-op — a new organization that aims to create a cooperative grocery store on the Northside of downtown Wilmington.
Fox Wilmington
“Empowerment through employment, empowerment through education, and empowerment through increasing people’s life expectancy are some of the biggest things on our to-do list with this Northside Food Co-op,” said board president Cedric Harrison.
MSN News
Seven different nonprofit organizations came together to feed the neighborhood and share information on the plan to bring a community owned grocery store to the Northside of the city.
Find Glocal
Please help us continue to spread the word and get new people on board with this effort to get a grocery store in a community that has been without one for over 30 years. Like, share and save this post. Help the Northside get closer to the goal of accessing fresh and nutritious foods! Become an owner today and encourage others to become an owner as well.
WilmingtonBiz
“The Northside Food Co-op is positioned to engage all aspects of the food, farming and health landscape in a way that ties it all together to impact the social determinants of health,” Folds said.
StarNews Online
“Helping on local farms, registering folks to vote at concerts with HeadCount, and serving as a board member for the Northside Food Co-op”
-Jordyn Appel-Hughes
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Cedric Harrison, founder of the Support the Port nonprofit, along with Evan Folds, former owner of Progressive Gardens, and others are continuing work with the Northside Food Cooperative, which aims to open a community owned store or work to add a grocery for the area’s 3,900 residents, many of who live below the federal poverty level.