Residents of Geiger, a small community in Sumter County, drive more than 20 miles to reach a grocery store. They admit that this makes healthy eating a challenge. More than 35 percent of the county’s population lives below the poverty level and obesity tops 40 percent.

But a multiyear partnership with Alabama Extension at Auburn University has helped Geiger residents make important changes not only in their diets but in their community.
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