food desert
noun
: an area where little fresh produce is available for sale
Despite the common perception of food deserts as city neighborhoods where fast food chains and convenience stores dominate, many of Kansas' food deserts are in rural areas. In some, residents have to drive 20 miles or farther to find a source of healthful food.—
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This is a glimpse into the early history of food apartheid, or what some policymakers call food deserts.
—Faron Levesque, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Its modular spaces will help operators manage the costs usually associated with brick-and-mortar restaurants while expanding high-quality food options in a neighborhood long considered to be a food desert.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
Giant Food will open a new store Friday in Parkville and close a West Baltimore location next month, creating a food desert in that neighborhood.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
During the last sea lion surge in 2009, there was also a big school of anchovies off the bay — but food deserts for the sea lions elsewhere, Ratner said.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
As a result of racist housing policies and governmental neglect, many children have been exposed to lead in their water or paint, live in food deserts and deal with other environmental stressors that affect their development.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
Why Wegmans chose Ballantyne Yet again, a traditional grocer overlooks Charlotte’s West Charlotte food desert area, choosing the more affluent south Charlotte location.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
The company helps combat food waste but also tackles food deserts and health disparities with its nutrition classes and in-kind support to communities.
—Monica Sanders, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
The impoverished food desert plagued by vacant lots, few job opportunities and gang and gun violence is where the Blackwells, parents to three children, have lived for a decade.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
Faron Levesque, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Its modular spaces will help operators manage the costs usually associated with brick-and-mortar restaurants while expanding high-quality food options in a neighborhood long considered to be a food desert.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
Giant Food will open a new store Friday in Parkville and close a West Baltimore location next month, creating a food desert in that neighborhood.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
During the last sea lion surge in 2009, there was also a big school of anchovies off the bay — but food deserts for the sea lions elsewhere, Ratner said.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
As a result of racist housing policies and governmental neglect, many children have been exposed to lead in their water or paint, live in food deserts and deal with other environmental stressors that affect their development.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
Why Wegmans chose Ballantyne Yet again, a traditional grocer overlooks Charlotte’s West Charlotte food desert area, choosing the more affluent south Charlotte location.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
The company helps combat food waste but also tackles food deserts and health disparities with its nutrition classes and in-kind support to communities.
—Monica Sanders, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
The impoverished food desert plagued by vacant lots, few job opportunities and gang and gun violence is where the Blackwells, parents to three children, have lived for a decade.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
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“Food desert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20desert. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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