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a food desert is a (usually) hyperbolic phrase used to describe areas where access to nutritionally balanced food is hindered by something like scarcity or econ
by serf 4y ago
a food desert is a (usually) hyperbolic phrase used to describe areas where access to nutritionally balanced food is hindered by something like scarcity or economy and replaced with access to food that is cheap and plentiful but nutritionally unsound.
- travisjungroth 4y agoI'm familiar with the phrase. I just wanted to see if they meant something more like "don't eat cookies" than "don't be poor".