Melody Barnes, Director of the President’s Domestic Policy Council.
MS. BARNES: — “wonderful, healthy foods, but there are food deserts in rural areas, as well. What we want to do, and what the President included in his budget is an initiative to lev—use public funds to leverage even larger private dollars to put the grocery stores in communities where they don’t exist and also some really creative and innovative ways—for example, “MOBILE GROCERY STORES” - where you’re moving those into communities where there’s not a lot of population density — but you want to make sure that people have access to those fresh fruits and vegetables.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2553049/posts?page=33#33
If they want people to eat more healthy foods, they could start by ending junk food bought using food stamps & welfare benefits. US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service online research tool called the Food Environment Atlas. http://maps.ers.usda.gov/FoodAtlas/foodenv5.aspx Meanwhile - Food Stamp Use Soars Across U.S., and Stigma Fades (Feds want to enroll 16 million more people) http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396100/posts
Maybe there aren't any grocery stores in those communities because of ROBBERY & ASSAULT?! So now the GOVERNMENT is going to FORCE someone to open one? Screw the FREE MARKET! /s