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  2. Food deserts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A 2016 USDA map. According to the Medley Food Desert Project, in 2017, nearly 24 million Americans lived in food deserts. [7] Food deserts are heavily concentrated in southern states, which correlates with concentration of poverty, including the south's Black belt. The map shows the percentage of people without cars living in areas with no ...

  3. Food Justice Movement - Wikipedia

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    White cites the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 2005–2006 to point out that 52.9% of black women are obese, compared to 37.2% of black men and 32.9% of white women due to phenomena like food deserts and food insecurity. Because the socioeconomic status of black communities in Detroit are a huge part of the food insecurity ...

  4. Murfreesboro 'food desert' creates barriers to fresh food for ...

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    Murfreesboro officials hope to address "food desert" neighborhood that lost closed Kroger by attracting another grocery store near downtown.

  5. This Fort Worth neighborhood was a food desert. Then a ... - AOL

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    Healthy food options are out there — if you put your mind to it. Mind Your Garden Urban Farm is such a place. Located at 3815 S. Timberline Drive in the Glencrest neighborhood of southeast Fort ...

  6. Food Deserts: Where Have All the Inner-City Grocery ... - AOL

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    Walmart has pledged to open 300 stores in food deserts by 2016; SuperValu , parent of Albertsons, Shaw's, and several other supermarket chains, has planned 250 stores in such locations.

  7. Food desert - Wikipedia

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    Burlingame, Kansas (pictured) is an example of a food desert. All three preexisting grocery stores in Burlingame closed, and the closest grocery store is over 40 km (25 mi) away in Topeka, Kansas. [1] A food desert is an area that has limited access to food that is plentiful, affordable, or nutritious.

  8. Food deserts by country - Wikipedia

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    A 2016 USDA map. According to the Medley Food Desert Project, in 2017, nearly 24 million Americans lived in food deserts. [16] Food deserts are heavily concentrated in southern states, which correlates with concentration of poverty, including the south's Black belt. The map shows the percentage of people without cars living in areas with no ...

  9. Food deserts plague Greenville County, incentives considered ...

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