The second mission of the Salvation Army supermarket is an aim is to help trafficking survivors. This nonprofit market responds to the city’s problem of hunger and access to good food by providing affordable fresh meats and produce, while also offering nutrition guidance, meal planning, and job training.
Finding low-cost produce is nearly impossible in these localities, explaining the prevalence of nutrition-induced health concerns amongst low-income American residents. The area in which the supermarket is located qualifies as a “ food desert,” that is a neighborhood missing stores which sell nutritious food. To begin with, DMG Foods was framed as a possible solution to the quarter of Baltimore’s population which lacks adequate access to healthy nutrition. In fact, the 7,000-square food North-East Baltimore supermarket called DMG Foods was opened by the Salvation Army, with a double-faceted charitable mission. This effort just so happened to be the opening of a supermarket, albeit not your typical destination for grocery shopping. In March 2018, the anti-trafficking world was hit with important news pertaining to a groundbreaking effort to contribute to the fight to end modern day slavery.
