How COVID Accelerated a Fight Against Food Deserts in NYC 🔗 🍽 🦠 🗽 🇺🇸

Ponieman has seen the urgency to combat the virus creating more interest in better diets, too. ‘People are afraid … terrified,’ he says. ‘It is an opportunity for transformation. Never before has there been so much momentum — but it’s fighting a monster.’ That fight can be not only about battling harsh economic circumstances, but also about breaking long-held approaches to eating, which were sometimes learned while growing up.