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Food Deserts
By: Claire EverettAGCM 220
October 13, 2011
What is a food desert?
USDA definition
Both Urban and Rural areas
Alternate Stakeholder Definition
USDA food desert locator
23.5 million Americans
http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddesert/
Why are there food deserts?
Grocery stores risk not making profit
Whole Foods-3.69 percent profit
Supervalu-.67 percent profit
36.9
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Average Profit Per Dollar: Whole Foods
ProfitImplicit/Explicit Costs
Profit Per Every Hundred Dol-lars: Supervalu
According to Yahoo Business Charts, 2010
6.7
93.3
Average Profit Per Dollar: Supervalu
ProfitImplicit/Explicit Costs
Solution: Wal-Mart, Pros
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50399324@N07/5431035029/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/tag/wal-mart-express/
Solution: Wal-Mart, Cons
http://www.todaysworkplace.org/2011/02/01/another-proposed-chicago-wal-mart-sparks-opposition/
http://earthfirst.com/profits-before-people-7-of-the-world’s-most-irresponsible-companies/
Solution: Education
Or
“Many times we want healthy foods, and companies add them only to have them sit there” (Drago, 2011). Lorena Drago, South Bronx Dietician
http://www.howtoshopforfree.net/tag/pop-tarts-coupon/
http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/blueberries-for-better-health/
Urban Farming Projects
Green Youth Farm, Chicago, IL
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Increasing Access and Availability
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/fresh-moves-mobile-grocer_n_878414.html
http://ruralcommunitybuilding.fb.org/2010/05/27/veggie-perscriptions-to-improve-health/
USDA Rural Development
Provide people who want to start farms with loans/grants
43 programs to end rural food deserts
Conclusion: Complex Issue
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Works Cited
Whitacre, T., Tsai, P., & Mulligan, J. (2009). The public health effects of food deserts: Workshop summary. Washington D.C. : National Academies Press.
No more food deserts. The drought is over! (2011). Retrieved from fresh moves mobile produce market: http://freshmoves.org/about/
Center for Urban Pathology. (2011, August 31). Bodega down Bronx. Retrieved from http://www.gilttaste.com/stories/1779-where-does-your-convenience-store-food-come from?utm_source=Food%2BTech+Connect+Newsletter&utm_campaign=852709613d-Food_T
United States Department of Agriculture. (2011, October). Food desert locator. Retrieved from http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddesert/fooddesert.html
Flickr. (2011, July). Let’s move! photo-stream. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/50399324@N07/5431035029/
CBS Chicago. First small scale Wal-Mart express opens. (2011, July). Retrieved from
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/tag/wal-mart-express
Earth first. Profits before people: 7 of the world’s most irresponsible companies.(2009, August). Retrieved from http://earthfirst.com/profits-before-people-7-of-the-world’s-most-irresponsible-companies/
Lydersen, Kari. Another proposed Chicago Wal-Mart opposition. (February, 2011). Retrieved from http://www.todaysworkplace.org/2011/02/01/another-proposed-chicago-wal-mart-sparks-opposition/