Food deserts:
why do they matter?.




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What Causes food deserts?

   According to this article by thenewshouse, "The USDA defines urban areas as food deserts when 500 people or 33 percent of the population lives more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store." which leads to whole communities not having access to nutritious food (newshouse article). This video helps put the issue in greater perspective: