P+J's Food | Media

In the Press.

The following articles were written by researchers and journalists within our community. They help make the case for what we're building and why food insecurity in Atlanta demands a community-led response.

Public Assets, Private Grocers: A Hundred-Year-Old Idea for Feeding American Cities

A community researcher examines how public land, municipal infrastructure, and neighborhood investment have long been the backbone of equitable food access in American cities, and why reviving that model is long overdue.

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Black Americans Have Doubts About the U.S. Food System, New Word in Black Survey Finds

A community-led survey surfaces deep, earned skepticism among Black Americans about the safety, fairness, and accessibility of the national food system, making the case for why alternatives built from within matter.

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Food insecurity is not an abstraction. It is an Atlanta problem, and it is solvable.

Millions of Americans live in neighborhoods without reliable access to fresh, affordable food. Black and low-income communities bear the heaviest cost. P+J's Food exists because the research is clear, the need is urgent, and the community has waited long enough for someone outside of it to act. We are not waiting.

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We welcome conversations with journalists, researchers, and documentarians covering food access, community economics, and urban development in the South.