Controversy: Food Deserts

Food deserts are urban locations more than a mile away from a grocery store. Even in the richest country in the world, a significant portion of urban residents in less affluent neighborhoods do not have access to a grocery store. Or, it is a half day trek on buses to get to the grocery store. The lack of transportation options and lack of fresh food takes a toll on their lives.

Read more from the USDA and CDC and this story from the Atlanta Magazine, and use the USDA food desert atlas to locate food deserts you didn't know existed, as shown in the examples below for Atlanta and Raleigh.



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