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The "CBS Mornings'" series "Rebuilding America" shows how a California organization is helping to provide neighbors with better access to fruits and vegetables in food deserts.
A 2022 study by the World Wildlife Fund found that AI software offered a 14.8% reduction in food waste per grocery store; merchandising tech companies like Trax and Shelf Engine work heavily in ...
California's law went into effect in January 2022, with the statewide goal of recovering (i.e., not trashing) 20 % of edible food by 2025. Food producers and distributors must donate edible food ...
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 ...
People who live in rural food deserts also tend to be older, because of an exodus of young people (ages 20–29) born in such areas who decide to leave once they can. [21] From 2013 County Health Ratings data, residents who live in rural U.S. food deserts are more likely to have poorer health than those who live in urban food deserts. People ...
According to the USDA, in 2015, about 19 million people, around 6% of the United States population, lived in a food desert, and 2.1 million households both lived in a food desert and lacked access to a vehicle. [68] However, the definition and number of people living in food deserts is constantly evolving as it depends on census information. [71]
While the U.S. is, on the whole, a wealthy country, currently one in eight Americans is food insecure.
There have been multiple studies regarding the effects that University food deserts have on students. A study conducted by researchers Jaapna Dhillion, L. Katrina Diaz Rios, Kaitlyn J. Aldaz, and their peers, looked into the perception of first-year minority students attending a school in a food desert at the University of California.