St. Louis has a large gun violence problem. Over 70 percent of the city's homicides were in low-income neighborhoods without access to a grocery store within half a mile. Tyrean Heru Lewis, a former health teacher, connects the lack of a nutritional diet with noticeable cognitive changes in his students: I've seen the difference in kids when they get a meal and when they don't get a meal, how they behave and how they focus in school. So I truly believe that's all connected. In response, Lewis quit his job and began farming full-time, growing more than 200,000 pounds of produce in the last year. Lewis also began selling subscriptions to families: $500 for fresh produce, delivered every week. For every 5 members who sign up, Lewis donates one to a family in need.

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