Meaning of food desert | Babel Free

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A populated region where food, especially healthy food, is difficult to obtain.

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“For years, major supermarket chains have⟳ been criticized for abandoning densely populated, largely black and Latino communities in cities like⟳ Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis and Newark, N.J. — contributing to what many experts call⟳ food deserts.”

“More precisely, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a food desert as any census district where at least 20 percent of the inhabitants are below the poverty line and 33 percent live⟳ over a mile from the nearest supermarket (or in rural areas, more than 10 miles).”

“New Orleans' Ninth Ward is what the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls a "food desert." Food deserts are communities with little or no access to healthy food.”

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