Assignment: Write publication about food deserts (urban and rural areas without access to a supermarket or other affordable, healthy food)

Excerpt: "Although larger food stores are not the only outlets able to sell healthy food, their presence (or lack) is used as a proxy for access to healthy lower-cost food options. Using national-level data and community-level research confirmed that food deserts do exist in the United States....Mapping shows that these are also frequently areas with high rates of obesity and chronic, diet-related diseases."

Comment: Congress directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study food deserts as part of the 2008 Farm Bill. This workshop, part of that requirement, raises issues about how where you can shop affects how you live. Read it online here.