The Guardian of the Glades
PAHOKEE, Fla. — The semitruck carrying all of the food was late. Tammy Jackson-Moore sat in the driver’s seat of a golf cart, quickly tapping out text messages trying to get to the bottom of the delay. Behind her, a long line of cars snaked around the park where Jackson-Moore and a group of volunteers had set up a monthly food distribution site in the Glades. It is one of the poorest areas in the country and takes its name from the bordering Everglades.
