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After nearly a decade without a new grocery store in Detroit, Raphael Wright opened the city’s only Black-owned grocery store in 2023 to bring fresh, healthy food options back to underserved neighborhoods.

The 34-year-old farmer and entrepreneur from the Jefferson-Chalmers area spent six years converting a former liquor store at 500 Manistique Street into Neighborhood Grocery. Community members helped select the products and saw their names featured in the store’s design.

Raphael Wright shared what motivated him. “I’m from the neighborhoods I work in, and I want to make them better. They were good at one point, and I want to bring back that glory.”

Black farmers say the end of a $300 million USDA program could put land, livelihoods, and food access at risk. Nearly 200 farmers are now facing potential foreclosure. We spoke with National Black Farmers Association founder John Boyd Jr. about what’s at stake. @capitalbnews @johnboydjr

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