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Television
1:00 pm
Tue March 20, 2012
Wendell Pierce On 'The Wire,' 'Treme' And Food
By editor
When actor Wendell Pierce returned to his native New Orleans to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, he noticed a lack of grocery stores selling fresh food. Now, Pierce is opening Sterling Farms — a chain of stores in the Ninth Ward that will sell food at affordable prices for low-income shoppers.