Food Deserts

Today, some argue that a more accurate term for food deserts is:

• food lakes

• food apartheid

• food tundra

• food scarcity

If I live 1 mile away from a grocery store, and I live in a rural area, I live in a food desert.

• True

• False

A significant percentage of food desert areas are located in:

• the west of the U.S.

• the central parts of the U.S.l

• the north eastern parts of the U.S.

• the southeastern parts of the U.S.

Living far away from a grocery store or access to fresh fruits/vegetables may qualify you as...?

• food insecure

• living in a food desert

• decreasing your carbon footprint

• relying on GMO products

This picture best characterizes a _____________ because __________:

• a food desert, it's a low-income area

• food bank, it has food inside

• food insecurity, the food prices are too high for people to afford to buy food

• a GMO-free store, there are no fruits or vegetables sold at this Food Mart

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a food desert area?

• low income area

• area deprived of fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, grains, milk, etc.

• population lacks accessibility/car/transportation to grocery stores

• area's physical geography is actually a desert

Food apartheid implies:

• personal responsibility

• agricultural responsibility

• government responsibility

• environmental/climate change responsibility

A supermarket might NOT open a new store in a food desert area because of concerns regarding:

• too many govt. regulations

• high cost of commercial rental space

• not having enough customers who can afford food items

• competition with other grocery stores, there are too many stores in the area already

Most food in a food desert/food swamp is sourced from:

• farmer's markets

• fast food restaurants

• grocery stores/supermarkets

• big box stores/Costco

List the three health effects of food deserts/food apartheid.