upper-income counterpart.
We must find ways to support children in economically challenged neighborhoods with a way to get and eat real whole organic fruits and vegetables without pesticides and herbicides.
My solution:
The inner cities sometimes have empty lots with dilapidated buildings, and the city could gift those lots to those neighborhoods to become living farms. The entire community would need to be involved in the project, gardening and growing real food. These would be community gardens, and the community would share the bounty. Grassy strips along sidewalks could also be used to grow real whole foods and be community projects.
By upgrading the food quality in lower-income neighborhoods, we feed the youth real nutrients that feed their growth, energy, and brain power. As a result, children would achieve higher academic results in schools and no longer be dependent on grey, nutrient-deficient school lunches and processed foods.
I know this is possible. My stepson has moved to Indianapolis, bought up vacant lots for a fraction of the cost of other properties in the city, removed the remnants of old buildings, and then tilled the land and created orchards and gardens to feed the neighborhood. He does charge for his produce, but it is on par with eating processed foods and CRAP (Carbonated, Refined, Artificial, Processed) foods, but now these whole foods offer full nutrition for the child's growth and success. In addition, he teaches some of the children in the neighborhood how to grow produce.