{"id":317006,"date":"2016-01-20T01:40:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T06:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grist.org\/?post_type=grist-50-profiles&amp;p=317006"},"modified":"2016-01-20T01:40:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T06:40:30","slug":"heber-brown-iii-2","status":"publish","type":"grist-50-profiles","link":"https:\/\/grist.org\/grist-50\/profile\/heber-brown-iii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Heber Brown III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Green cred:<\/strong> In Brown\u2019s hometown of Baltimore, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jhsph.edu\/research\/centers-and-institutes\/johns-hopkins-center-for-a-livable-future\/news-room\/News-Releases\/2015\/1-In-4-Baltimore-Residents-Live-Food-Desert.html?o=4\">one in four residents lives in a food desert<\/a>, i.e., a place that lacks easy access to healthy, nutritious food. That&#8217;s why Brown is spearheading the Black Church Food Security Network (BCFSN), an operation that gets food from local farmers into the hands of city residents via black churches.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has worked on an array of other green initiatives in Baltimore, too, including a residential solar project, an orchard program, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oritascross.com\/about-us.html\">freedom school<\/a> (in partnership with BCFSN) that teaches youth about growing and cooking their own food.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to expect in 2016:<\/strong> Black churches in Maryland, Indiana, Illinois, and Texas have contacted Brown, hoping to adapt the Baltimore model to their local communities. He expects a full-scale launch of the BCFSN in spring 2016. Brown asks, \u201cIf we were able, [out]\u00a0of necessity, to create an alternative food system run by the people who were most directly affected by food insecurity &#8212; what more\u00a0can we do [to build on\u00a0that]?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why he\u2019s excited:<\/strong>\u00a0There are thousands of black churches in the U.S. with millions of members &#8212; and because of that, Brown sees endless potential for BCFSN. \u201cIf this thing takes off \u2026 it\u2019s a game changer!\u201d he says. For now, though, he\u2019s happy the program is \u201crockin\u2019 and rollin\u2019 in Baltimore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite mode of transportation:<\/strong> By foot. He\u2019s always looking for ways to meet his goal of 10,000 steps a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the leaders shaping green in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54839989,"featured_media":490353,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[1],"class_list":["post-317006","grist-50-profiles","type-grist-50-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","grist-50-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heber Brown III - Grist 50<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heber Brown III\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the leaders shaping green in 2016.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" 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