Food Deserts

What is a Food Desert?

• An area that has limited access to nutritious affordable food.

• An area that has a ton of sand and no food.

• An area that has not rainfall and cannot grow food.

• An area that has no food or rain.

What is one small solution to cities not having affordable and nutritious food?

• Fast Food

• Community Gardens

• No Solutions

• Riding the Bus and walking to the stores.

What is the income level of most people that live in food deserts?

• High

• Medium

• Below poverty line

Who is impacted most by food deserts?

• Only Rural

• Only Urban

• Only SubUrban

• Everyone in all three areas.

Why do supermarkets not want to build in low income areas?

• They do not like low income people.

• They are worried they wont make a profit.

• The land is too expensive.

If people live in a food desert, what food do they have access to?

• None, they have to starve.

• They live entirely on community gardens.

• They have access to Fast Food.

• They hae access to Grocery Stores

Does Manvel have a food desert?

• Yes

• No

Do most cities in the US have areas that are considered to have food deserts?

• Yes

• No

Why are people living in food deserts?

• They chose to live there.

• They moved there to live with family.

• It turned into a food desert around them and they could not move.

Where do grocery stores usually build in a city?

• Everywhere

• The poorer areas

• The wealthier areas