Struggling Hunts Point food center gets new management

A non-profit group, the Council on the Environment of New York City, has been awarded a $296,000 grant from the State Department of Agriculture and Markets to take over promotion and management at a South Bronx food center. Farmers at the Hunts Point Food Distribution center say that business is rough, three years after relocating from the Bronx Terminal Market near Yankee Stadium. The Food Distribution center, which sits on the south end of the Hunts Point peninsula, has imposing gates that deter many customers from going inside, vendors say. What’s worse, the grim locale, which bears a Riker’s Island view, is difficult to access by foot. Among the proposed changes is a plan to segregate medium-size farmers from larger food producers, to promote smaller local businesses.

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