Food Deserts
A food desert is a place where people cannot easily find cheap and healthy food. Food deserts can
exist anywhere. An example of a food desert is a big city neighborhood with many residents but no
grocery stores. Often, the closest available place to buy food is a convenience store or a fast
food restaurant. Because this is usually unhealthy and high in calories, people who live in this
area might suffer from health problems such as obesity or diabetes. People in these areas need to
travel by car to a supermarket in order to find healthier food. Unfortunately, many of the people
who live in food deserts are poor so they cannot afford one.
Recently, some charities and organizations have tried to reduce the number of food deserts in many
American cities. Michelle Obama, the wife of US President Barack Obama, has started a campaign
called “Let’s Move.” This initiative offers money and other incentives to help encourage new
supermarkets to open in food deserts. In places like Chicago, activists have opened small fruit
and vegetable shops in food deserts. They also hold cooking classes to teach people how to make
healthy meals. New York City has started a program called Green Carts where cheap fruit and
vegetables are sold from mobile carts on the street. The number of these is rapidly increasing
throughout the city’s food deserts.
exist anywhere. An example of a food desert is a big city neighborhood with many residents but no
grocery stores. Often, the closest available place to buy food is a convenience store or a fast
food restaurant. Because this is usually unhealthy and high in calories, people who live in this
area might suffer from health problems such as obesity or diabetes. People in these areas need to
travel by car to a supermarket in order to find healthier food. Unfortunately, many of the people
who live in food deserts are poor so they cannot afford one.
Recently, some charities and organizations have tried to reduce the number of food deserts in many
American cities. Michelle Obama, the wife of US President Barack Obama, has started a campaign
called “Let’s Move.” This initiative offers money and other incentives to help encourage new
supermarkets to open in food deserts. In places like Chicago, activists have opened small fruit
and vegetable shops in food deserts. They also hold cooking classes to teach people how to make
healthy meals. New York City has started a program called Green Carts where cheap fruit and
vegetables are sold from mobile carts on the street. The number of these is rapidly increasing
throughout the city’s food deserts.
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