Tatiana Garcia Granados C97 WG03 and Haile Johnston W95 launched The Common Market in 2008 to provide their lower-income North Philadelphia community with the nutritious produce of nearby small family farmers. With local food access problems solved through partnerships with hospitals, schools, and universities, and their Philadelphia nonprofit business earning $4.5 million in revenue this year, the married couple are now tackling national food access with their proven model.
Granados and Johnston share The Common Market’s wealth of experience by working within two federal food policy coalitions—the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and Good Food for All—as well as consulting in the public and private sectors on increasing access to food.
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