Food Deserts & Tragedy of the Commons

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

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

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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

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

• farmer's markets

• fast food restaurants

• grocery stores/supermarkets

• big box stores/Costco

What are considered "the commons"

• Common house hold items like knifes, spoons, and forks.

• A renewable resource owned by no one and available for use by anyone at little or no charge

• A field where college students can sit outside in between classes

Which of these is not an example of a commons?

• The air

• The ocean

• Privately owned farms

• The highways