WASHINGTON 鈥� D.C. restaurateur and chef Jose Andres has a new way to get fresh fruit and vegetables to people in need.
The D.C. restaurateur and chef has partnered with , a group that gets fresh and local food to people in need, and Naked Juice for a campaign that will bring fruit and vegetables to people in the District who live in 鈥渇ood deserts,鈥� .
All you need to do is tweet a picture of yourself with the hashtag , and Naked Juice will donate the monetary equivalent of 10 pounds of produce.
Help fight food deserts! Each pic donates 10lb of produce
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D.C. Hunger says that 13.4 percent of households in the District don鈥檛 have enough access to food, and Andres calls it 鈥渁 very silent issue.鈥� He tells DCist, 鈥減eople don鈥檛 like to be going around and saying, 鈥業 don鈥檛 have food to bring today to my table.鈥� But hunger is a true issue.鈥�
He says that the selfie campaign is a simple step people can take to help out neighbors in need.
