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Report: One in four Baltimore residents live in 'food deserts'
The Baltimore Sun ^ | June 10, 2014 | By Christina Jedra

Posted on 06/10/2015 4:37:40 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

One in four Baltimore residents lives in a "food desert," according to a new study released Wednesday by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who pledged to improve access to affordable and healthy food.

In the 2015 Food Environment Map Report, researchers defined food deserts as areas where distance to a supermarket exceeds a quarter-mile; the median household income is at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level; more than 30 percent of households lack a vehicle; and there's a low score on the so-called healthy food availability index.

"We've never analyzed the food environment at this level before," Rawlings-Blake said, calling the report a "monumental step forward" in making Baltimore a healthier city. "I know that we can increase access to healthy and affordable foods as we move forward to dismantle this inequality in our city."

The study, by the Baltimore Food Policy Initiative and the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, found that children are disproportionately affected, with one in every three living in a food desert. The study also found that African-Americans have less access to quality food.

"When we look at many of our neighborhoods, there are life-expectancy disparities as much as 20 years," Rawlings-Blake said.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; lunchlady; maryland; nannystate; raceindustry; rawlingsblake; thugculture
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To: exit82

So you build a supermarket every other block? Seriously? How stupid is this study period. The last major supermarket in our rather small city closed up and left not long after the riots in the 60’s-70’s. At least 6 other small independents have tried opening a standard size grocery store in the same area over the past 30-40 years all to fail and be run out........


101 posted on 06/10/2015 10:57:46 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: minnesota_bound

1 mile to walk is nothing. Get a pull along wheeled grocery bag


102 posted on 06/11/2015 12:48:54 AM PDT by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: ExCTCitizen

Ours is fine, but you have to go early in the morning (they are open 24 hours); otherwise, it fills up with Newark residents.


103 posted on 06/11/2015 2:26:22 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah, well, shoplifting and looting will do that.


104 posted on 06/11/2015 7:08:45 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
One in four Baltimore residents live in 'food deserts' of their own creation.
105 posted on 06/11/2015 8:17:13 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Louis Foxwell
I took public transportation 5 miles to get there.

Effort is not a strong suit of the EBT class.

106 posted on 06/11/2015 8:19:35 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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