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To: Sub-Driver

Food deserts are the new global warming-just another scam!
Read how they are determined: http://www.economist.com/node/18929190?frsc=dg|a


80 posted on 07/20/2011 2:48:06 PM PDT by Pat4ever (NO MORE!)
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To: Pat4ever

Thanks for the link. Very informative. So if a census area has only 20% living below the poverty level and 33% of the population live more than a mile from a supermarket (smaller grocery stores and other place with fresh produce don’t count), the entire area is considered a “food desert”.

A person can walk a mile in about 20 minutes at a moderate pace and get some great obesity-fighting exercise as a bonus. But if they are 1.1 miles from a grocery store they are in a “food desert”?


87 posted on 07/20/2011 3:00:45 PM PDT by Above My Pay Grade
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