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Tag: food desert
Diverting Expired Food From Trash To Table
Would you buy expired food? Or bruised and battered fruits and vegetables? One guy thinks people will, and he plans to open a market to test his theory.
Guerrilla Gardening in South Central L.A.
Guerrilla Gardener Ron Finley is transforming blighted areas in South Central LA, planting food in vacant lots to help combat this area’s food desert.
Finding the Oasis in a Food Desert
Let’s get real with ourselves for a minute. Food stamps are not for some generalized, stereotypical single-mom family with 5+ kids. As it stands, about 42 million Americans are currently getting [ … ]
USDA Introduces Food Desert Locator
The USDA introduced their Food Desert Locator, an online mapping tool, this week. The definition of a food desert is an area where residents have little to no access to [ … ]