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Fresh Food and Cities

In California's Central Valley: Rich Land, Poor Nutrition

npr.org | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Food Justice, Fresh Food and Cities, Central Valley California, Nutrition, Fast Food, Food Deserts, Food, Green News

California's Central Valley produces many of the fruits and vegetables consumed in America. It is also one of the poorest areas of the country....

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Fast, Cheap and Easy: How Fringe Food Hurts Public Health When it's the Only Choice

Mari Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Fringe Retailers, Fas Cheap and Easy, Fresh Food and Cities, Convenience Food Factor, Public Health, Food, Mainstream Grocers, Chatham Foods, Chicago Food Deserts, Fringe Food, Mainstream Food, Growing Power, Food Deserts, Chicago News
Mari Gallagher

We consider a mainstream grocery store a place where you can support a healthy diet on a regular basis. A fringe food location is the opposite; it is not inherently bad, but when it's the primary food source, local diets and public health suffer.

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Brother, Can You Spare an Apple?

Mari Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Inner City Poverty Campaigns, Chicago Food Choices, Fresh Food and Cities, Food Choices, Poverty, Roseland, Public Health, American Food Deserts, Food Deserts, National Food Desert Awareness Month, Grocery Stores, South Side Food Desert, Food, Chicago Food Deserts, Community Organizing, Chicago News
Mari Gallagher

Can the market do well by doing some good? Why not? In Chicago alone we have identified a half-million-plus people who live in a Food Desert with no or distant grocery stores but nearby access to fast food.

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