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“[I]n urban areas, the U.S Department of Agriculture considers a food desert an area with no ready access to a store with fresh and nutritious food options with
by cudgy 3y ago
“[I]n urban areas, the U.S Department of Agriculture considers a food desert an area with no ready access to a store with fresh and nutritious food options within one mile.”
One mile? With such a definition of the term “food desert”, no wonder so many people are defined as being in one. Living more than one mile from a grocery store is hardly a “desert”. Most grocery stores deliver food now too, so even lack of ambulatory faculties is a poor reason to not cook wholesome meals for one’s family.
This study appears to have been created to create alarm about a possibly nonexistent or virtually nonexistent issue.
Edit: Sorry, I top-posted this accidentally. This comment is referring to a study that another user posted here regarding lack of access to food supplies in the US.
- 29083011397778 3y agoRespectfully, I think you might have gotten used to the sas state America has ended up in. I'm in a reasonably sized city, and have fresh groceries less than half a mile away. My parents live in a suburban, approaching rural area - and have multiple grocery stores within a mile. Hell, I had fresh produce within a mile in a very small town in Alberta, at both apartments I lived in. I can see the argument if most people were actually living someplace rural - but they aren't. Living in a city that's also a food desert sounds like it misses the point of what a city is for, to be honest.
- HEmanZ 3y agoI think the problem with “food deserts” (kind of dramatic term but that’s probably the point) is that they are significant hurdles for the working class (maybe they can order, but can they justify that in their budget?) and serious issues for the very poor who don’t have transportation. The important question is how many impoverished or nearly impoverished people live in a food desert.