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Addressing the problem of Philadelphia's food deserts and the lack of healthy affordable foods in lower income communities by providing SNAP and WIC--eligible winter farmers' markets to low-income neighborhoods through community religious institutions. Team Members: Patrick Christmas, MPA, Fels Institute of Government, Jason Laughlin, MPA, Fels Institute of Government, Arianne Sellers, MPA, Fels Institute of Government, Billy Werner, MPA, Fels Institute of Government Thanks to our fantastic panel of judges: -Story K. Bellows, Co-Director, Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics -Representative Madeleine Dean, 153rd Legislative District, Pennsylvania House of Representatives -Representative Dwight Evans, 203rd Legislative District, Pennsylvania House of Representatives -Donna Frisby-Greenwood, Program Director/Philadelphia, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation -Yael Lehmann, Executive Director, The Food Trust