WABE's Week In Review: Revamping Georgia's mental healthcare system and bringing an Asian staple to store shelves
Kimberly Young, Hillside assistant medical director, Dr. Adam Silberman, Hillside medical director, and Dr. Karyn Korsah, resident at Morehouse School of Medicine, on the campus of Hillside, a behavioral treatment center in Atlanta. (Sam Gringlas/WABE)
The battle to stock a leafy green vegetable in Georgia…
A Cambodian couple harvests the morning glory, a popular vegetable in Cambodia, also known as water spinach, at their farm in Plov Chek village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
But regulated grows in other states have proven successful at harvest without the wild spread of the plant, so Georgia may allow similar methods here. In the meantime, imports will be allowed.
The move could also curb illegal, unregulated grows.
“We’ve seen people buying and selling it in the parking lot in their trunks, of course illegally, and some are growing illegally in Georgia as well,” said Ben Vo, owner of City Farmer’s Market. “ The products [were] being treated like marijuana.”
“To the Vietnamese community and Southeast Asian community, water spinach is a very important component to their diet,” said Kathy Kuzava, the President of the Georgia Food Industry Association. “[Imagine] if southerners weren’t allowed to drink sweet tea, or our Hispanic community was not allowed to purchase tortillas?”
The USDA has already approved three Georgia grocers to buy the vegetable from other states.
Online shopping skyrocketed at the beginning of the pandemic and two years later, it shows few signs of slowing down. But the increased demand has bogged down the supply chain and left online retailers and logistics companies scrambling. In this edition of WABE Tech Cast, Emil Moffatt examines how Atlanta companies are using tech to keep pace.
