Historic Portland – Returning Portland
to Its “New Roots”
Part
of the history of our wonderful neighborhood involves the story of immigrants
coming from Western Europe to establish new roots in the United States.
Those roots became strong and the neighborhood grew from these self-sufficient,
hard working people who maintained their shotgun houses and shopped at the
corner mom and pop stores or visited the Haymarket to buy fresh garden produce
or foraged for all kinds of wild greens, walnuts and hickory nuts, and berries
of all kinds. I remember very well my mother sending me outside in the summer
and saying, “Brenda Sue, go pick me a mess of greens for supper.” Those things
have disappeared with the growth of fast food and the loss of open air markets
to the Supermarkets. But, with the revitalization of Portland,
there is developing a “growing” movement to go back to “the way it is” in Portland. One of these is
the organization known as New Roots.
A small but
powerful movement is beginning to gain speed in West Louisville, Portland, New
Albany and surrounding communities: access to fresh
food is a basic human right! If you believe this, and that farm-fresh food has
the potential to save lives and have an impact beyond the dinner table, we are
interested in talking to you. This growing season, there are two Fresh Stop
Markets near Portland: one in Russell at Joshua Tabernacle
Church on 16th and Muhammad Ali, and
Shawnee Presbyterian on 44th and Main. Please
go to newroots.org for
information on start dates, locations and ordering information. If you want to
get involved in leadership in a potential 2017 Portland Fresh Stop Market ,
becoming a shareholder and/or leader in other Fresh Stop Markets this season,
or are just interested in finding out more, please call Karyn 502-475-8979 or email karyn.moskowitz@newroots.org.
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