Funded by soda tax, a programme is helping low-income residents buy better food

Ibrahim Ayad of Simply Fresh Microgreens cuts red cabbage during the Boulder Farmers Market in Boulder. — AARON ONTIVEROZ/The Denver Post/TNS

A SLICE of the nearly US$29mil (RM137mil) that Boulder, in Colorado collected during the first six and a half years of a voter-passed soda tax has provided low-income residents with extra money to buy fresh produce from local businesses.

It’s one of many ways the city has directed revenue from that unusual tax to a range of programmes focused on improving health equity in the community.