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I'm a recent graduate from Syracuse University where I earned my master's degree in photojournalism. Before coming to SU, I graduated from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa with a double major in digital media and psychology. I am...
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A volunteer picks tomatillos to be sold at the farm stand. Jessie tries to grow a variety of food that would be used by different cultural groups that live in Syracuse.
An abandoned grocery story on Syracuse's Southside. In this area of the city, there are few grocery stores so the community has less access to fresh produce. Brady Family Farms has been helping this issue with their weekly farm stand. A few years ago there was a petition to reopen this grocery store, however, it was unsuccessful.
Jessie carries baskets of lettuce through the rows of plants.
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Brady Family Farm
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Emily Kenny
2022
Updated Oct 2021
Brady Family Farm is in Syracuse, New York's Southside neighborhood. There are not many grocery stores in this area of the city, therefore people do not have access to fresh produce. The farm was started as a way to combat this problem. Jessie Lyons, the farm coordinator, grows culturally specific produce for the many different groups of people who live on Syracuse's Southside.