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The first standard uses the original USDA food desert mapping tool "Food Desert Locator". It defines food deserts as having at least 33% or 500 people of a census tract's population in an urban area living 1 mile (10 miles for rural area) from a large grocery store or supermarket. [7] [10]
The Food Desert Oasis Act identifies the cities listed below as food desert. This list is far from exhaustive and includes only urban areas. A closer look at the USDA's Food Desert Locator map shows a large number of food deserts exist in rural areas. [3] Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Houston, Texas
A food desert is an area that has limited access to food that is plentiful, affordable, or nutritious. [2] [3] ...
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The Birchwood Food Desert Fighters (BFDF) is a branch of the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force. The group formed in response to the closing of the Park Manor Albertsons grocery store in the ...
Food desert impact: Kroger closure to affect surrounding Murfreesboro neighborhoods in 'huge way,' customer says City hopes revitalization will attract grocery store. Grocery store retailers are ...
The Locator provides a spatial view of food deserts, defined as a low-income census tract where a substantial number or share of residents has low access to a supermarket or large grocery store. The mapped deserts can be used to direct agency resources to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables and other food assistance programs. [71]
The group was formed eight years ago in 2016 after Albertsons, the neighborhood’s only grocery store, closed and formed a “food desert” in Birchwood, one of Bellingham’s most economically ...