Preview - Food Deserts and Racial Disparities. Preview: Season 4 Episode 5 | 29s. Food deserts limit access to healthy, affordable food — especially in communities of color.

She then changed into her work uniform and walked a few blocks to start her shift at the Dinkytown Target. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a food desert in an urban area as a ...

In 2019, 100% of North Dakota's Golden Valley County, Billings County and Nelson County residents lived 10 miles or more from a fresh-food grocery. Throughout the state, 45% of rural ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

When Mary Edwards heads to the grocery store, she worries about the price of eggs and milk. But the Richmond resident has another concern: coming up with the $10 it ...

Studying the physical and biological processes affecting growth and distribution of plankton and its role in the wider food web of marine environments. A department of UC San Diego, Scripps ...

The effort comes as food deserts – neighborhoods, towns or rural areas without nearby grocery stores – have grown throughout the last two decades as the U.S. grocery industry has consolidated.

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Today, the Southeast Food Coalition held its second-ever farmers market near Stompin' Groundz coffee shop along Jetwing Dr. The event brought farm-fresh food to the community, allowing neighbors ...

A food desert is described by the USDA as an area where at least 500 people live more than a mile away from a supermarket. A term that advocates and neighbors know all too well.