The Apple Pushers

The Apple Pushers, narrated by Edward Norton, follows the inspiring stories of five immigrant pushcart vendors who are rolling fresh fruits and vegetables into New York City s food deserts - neighborhoods where finding a ripe, red apple is a serious challenge and where obesity rates are skyrocketing. These micro-entrepreneurs, who hail from Ecuador, Russia, Mexico, and Bangladesh, are at the heart of a unique urban strategy, the Green Cart Initiative, which ks to increase the availability of fresh produce in under-served communities, in an effort to combat the obesity epidemic found in so many of America s cities. Written by Anonymous The Apple Pushers is a 2011 English-language Documentary film featuring Boris Benkovski, Eugenia Benkovski, Jacob Benkovski and Edward Norton. The Apple Pushers was released on 10th February 2012.
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