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Archive for February 9, 2009

“Food Deserts” and What Cities Are Doing About Them

Wal-Mart in Chicago and a Moratorium on Fast-food Joints in LA

I’ve been complaining about the lack of grocery stores in minority and poor neighborhoods for a while.  Apparently such inequity becomes news only when someone comes up with a catchy name for it: food deserts.  Food deserts happen when people do not have access to [...]

February 9, 2009  Tags: change, Health, hunger, nutrition, obesity  Posted in: Health, Politics  2 Comments

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