Gulfport's Grover Gives Back--Okra, Butter Beans and more

Foodie wanted to share this blurb from an AP story Sept 3 by Emily Pettus:

   

In poverty-stricken north Gulfport, MI,  Grover Chapman expressed disgust that his neighborhood has received no aid from government agencies or from private groups such as the Red Cross.

"Something should've been on this corner three days ago," Chapman, 60, said Saturday as he fed his neighbors.

He used wood from his demolished All Seasons produce stand to cook fish, rabbit, okra, and butter beans he'd been keeping in his freezer. The neighborhood is about five miles inland from the beach. Though many houses are still standing, they're severely damaged and corrugated tin roofs lie on the ground.

"I'm just doing what I can do," Chapman said. "These people support me with my produce stand every day. Now it's time to pay them back."