Nearly 24 million Americans live in food deserts, low-income neighborhoods with no access to affordable, fresh, healthy food. As a result, people who live in these areas often have poor diets that ...
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The Great Grocery Squeeze
The concept of the food desert has been around long enough that it feels almost like a fact of nature. Tens of millions of Americans live in low-income communities with no easy access to fresh ...
People living in these food deserts rely on convenience stores or fast food options, which often cost more and offer less nutritious options, to feed their families. Food deserts ...
This is truly where we live and work. Although our farm is within Jackson city limits, parts of the city are considered a food desert. That means people struggle to get fresh fruit and vegetables ...