| From the Reporter |
| The Problem |
| Since the Southeast Farmers Market opened in the middle of a low-income neighborhood eight months ago, it has struggled to attract a key constituency — farmers. |
| Hope for the Future |
| To fill the void, the market’s organizer is pinning her hopes on a new community garden and local residents to grow the fruits and vegetables that the market needs to succeed. |
| The Challenge |
| The farmers market has been ensnared by the same self-reinforcing structural problems that have long made it difficult to get healthy food into the community: negative perceptions of the neighborhood; cold, hard economics; and entrenched eating habits. |