The 5 warning signs:
- 1 Fresh, quality produce + healthy food are hard to find
- 2 Junk food + fast food are way too easy to get
- 3 Supermarkets + grocery stores + farmers’ markets are MIA
- 4 Streets are overrun with small liquor + convenience stores that sell cheap, mostly processed food
- 5 Folks suffer high rates of overweight + obesity + chronic disease and die younger
than non-food desert residents.
Getting Fresh is Major Opportunity and Challenge for C-store Channel
January 6, 2010 By CSNews The food industry is in a state of transition as consumers continue to look for convenient and healthy food choices, often a difficult combinatio
Delridge area's 'food desert' gets fruit, veggie oasis
December 5, 2009 by Marc Ramírez, The Seatttle Times
To Have Local Food, We Need to Support More Than Just The Farmers
January 11, 2010 by Steph Larsen, Blog for Rural America To have a truly local food system, we also need local butchers, bakers and millers, local truck drivers, local gro
Urban Food Deserts Threaten Children's Health
January 29, 2010 by Marian Wright Edelman, The Huffington Post
Mexican Veggie Toss
Shake up the party with this Mexican dish that’s essentially all veggies! Toss canned black beans, tomatoes, corn and chiles, along with green onions, cilantro and hot sauce.
How Far Produce Travels
December 8, 2009 from GOOD, in collaboration with Serifcan Ozcan and Naz Sahin
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