Much of Waco, Texas, fits the US Department of Agriculture description of a food desert. In one of the city’s northern neighborhoods, more than a fifth of residents don’t have a car, nearly half are below the poverty line, the median household income is $24,675 and for a long time there was no grocery store. It’s a designation that residents share with millions of other Americans who live far away from fresh food.

But in the fall of 2016, north Waco’s access improved when the nonprofit Mission Waco opened a store. Today, Jubilee Food Market offers the community discounted groceries and cooking demonstrations.