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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Health
Kenan Draughorne

Healthy food is hard to come by in South L.A. These 3 activists are changing that

LOS ANGELES — It starts with an Instagram DM.

That's where you'll find Straight Up Fast Food and its menu of organic smoothies and cold-pressed juices every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Once you've selected your drink (the Jefferson, filled with blackberries, açaí, apples and more, will never let you down), just shoot the page a message with your choice and your location.

Instantly, it'll reach owner and founder Senter McGinest IV, who's likely in the back of 5-Star Kitchen along Vernon Avenue blending a batch of produce for the next customer in line. As soon as your potion is ready, he'll hop on his motorcycle, wheeling it to your door faster than you can say the word "Big Mac."

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