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Farm Country Feeds America. But Just Try Buying Groceries There. [nytimes.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) · 11/8/197:00 AM

By Jack Healy, The New York Times, November 5, 2019 John Paul Coonrod had a banana problem. The only grocery store in his 1,500-person hometown in central Illinois had shut its doors, and Mr. Coonrod, a local lawyer, was racing to get a community-run market off the ground. He had found space in an old shoe store, raised $85,000 from neighbors and even secured a liquor license to sell craft beer. But then his main produce supplier fell through. The stakes of failure were huge. Farm towns like...

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Farm Country Feeds America. But Just Try Buying Groceries There. [nytimes.com]

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