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By 1973, the term "desert" was ascribed to suburban areas lacking amenities important for community development. [13] A report by Cummins and Macintyre states that a resident of public housing in western Scotland supposedly coined the more specific phrase "food desert" in the early 1990s. [14]
Food deserts occur in poor urban areas with limited or no access to healthful affordable food options. [27] [28] Low income families are more likely to not have access to transportation so tend to be negatively affected by food deserts. [27] An influx of people moving into such urban areas has magnified the existing problems of food access. [29]
The 1995 South African Income and Expenditure Survey found an urban food insecurity rate of 27 percent, relative to the rural rate of 62 percent. [4] Later studies such as the National Food Consumption Survey of 1999 [5] and South African Social Attitudes Survey of 2008 independently assessed the urban food insecurity rate to be roughly half of that of the rural rate.
Murfreesboro officials hope to address "food desert" neighborhood that lost closed Kroger by attracting another grocery store near downtown.
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 swamps are often determined by a disproportionate ratio of fast food to supermarkets. A food swamp is an urban environment with few grocery stores but several non-nutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants. One definition gives a general ratio of four unhealthy options for each healthy option. [1]
Joyner launched the Conetoe Family Life Center in 2007 to provide Conetoe and its surrounding cities with nutritious food options. The Conetoe Family Life Center on Sept. 28 after Hurricane Helene.
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