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FOOD DESERTSSITE PLANNING
RYAN DORSEY
• No grocery stores
• No farmers’ markets
• Surrounded by fast food, junk food, or food high in sugars and fats
WHAT IS A FOOD DESERT?
HOW COMMON ARE FOOD DESERTS?
• Site planner should consider distance of grocery store to current site project
• Failure to do so could end up in failure of site’s success
• Could unintentionally hurt many people and tarnish reputation as a planner
HOW DO FOOD DESERTS RELATE TO SITE PLANNING?
• Can make people leave the area, possibly resulting in slums and/or abandoned towns or cities
• Can cause starvation, sickness, obesity
• Doesn’t allow the people of community to live a healthy life
HOW DO FOOD DESERTS AFFECT COMMUNITIES?
OBESITY IN U.S. ADULTS (2009)
• Build more grocery stores
• Establish more farmers’ markets
• Have food stores bring and sell whole foods to large gathering areas (i.e. schools, sports games, work places, etc.)
• Build less fast food chains
HOW CAN WE ELIMINATE THEM?
• Gallagher, M. (2010). Usda defines food deserts. Retrieved from http://americannutritionassociation.org/newsletter/usda-defines-food-deserts
• Rosenberg, T. (2011, May 23). Oases of nutrition. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/in-food-deserts-oases-of-nutrition/?_r=0
• Trimarchi, M. (2008, December 09). What's a food desert? Retrieved from http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/food-desert.htm
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