Okay, after looking at the map, I figured out the problem. It is based on U.S Sensless Bureau “tracts”, rather than any real measure of time/distance/availability.
An example of the lack of reality involved:
Our SD county is shown as 100% not food desert, even though a lot of the populace live 15-30 miles from the nearest store; and the same for our neighboring rural SD county to the north.
In the neighboring NE county to our south, also rural, only a tiny area is NOT food desert; that tiny area has the only town with shopping in that county, which is bigger than ours.
To the west, in neighboring Wyoming, that rural county is 100% food desert, INCLUDING the town that has grocery stores.
By “food desert,” she means “union desert.” The Rats want more union grocery stores.