The Hawthorne Avenue Farm in Newark, New Jersey, sits on the outer edge of one of the state's worst food deserts. Access to fresh and nutritious produce is scarce, but members of the community and agriculturalists with the Greater Newark Conservancy are dedicated to fixing that by empowering residents to tend the land.

WNYC's Michael Hill and Verónica Del Valle crossed the Hudson River to learn more about what success looks like as the city tries to create food abundance for its most marginalized community members.