To broaden our knowledge of the food inequality/food desert problem, we will read an excerpt from the article “Barriers to Food Security and Community Stress in an Urban Food Desert,” which was published in the journal of Urban Science.
Read the excerpt from the article below. https://gcccd.instructure.com/courses/33657/files/3664597/download?wrap=1
Where is food insecurity most common in the USA?
How does the lack of grocery stores (often referred to as food deserts) negatively affect residents in urban areas?
In an urban area, how is a food desert defined? In other words, how is it determined that urban residents have “low access to healthy food”?