Pastor Turns Food Desert into Garden of Eden for the Poor

A North Carolina preacher has been nominated for a top hero prize after he created a nutritional oasis in what had been a food desert.

Pastor Richard Joyner had to preside over many funerals for members of his congregation due to diseases related to poor nutrition.

One day, he decided to do something about it: grow the healthy food himself.

He started a community garden at the Missionary Baptist Church where he preached in Conetoe. It multiplied to 20 plots of land around the community, including a 25-acre farm run by his nonprofit Conetoe Family Life Center.

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