On thursday, americans of all income levels will sit down to a thanksgiving dinner, but for any poor americans, particularly for those without convenient access to grocery stores, healthy food is difficult to come by and the outcomes are often deadly. but one rural north carolina pastor, the reverend richard joyner of the canote family life center, grew tired of burying his parishioners young, because they had succumbed to diseases like type ii diabetes. and so he started preaching the importance of healthy living and healthy eating and launched a community garden project that has expanded to the point where it is now giving food away to local families and sells all of