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 ...
Things like that. Who knows! The supermarkets might come back! What do you say, inner black neighborhoods?
Then you have to run then , do I have to come up with all the answers
How sad. Now that the grocery stores in the ‘hood have been burned down the shoplifters cannot find food to steal.
Most of the entire civilized world is a food desert by this definition. I have lived in 6 major cities and never been closer than a mile from the nearest food market, including Baltimore. One of the most wonderful markets in the east is in downtown Baltimore. The Lexington market was always my destination of choice for food. I took public transportation 5 miles to get there. More stupidity from the bastion of ignorance.
No business is going to put their $$$$$ in a place like that. Enjoy the desert Baltimore even though a good walk would do most of the obese EBT card types a bit of good.
LOL
Sure enough.
When in doubt run for your life :)
Yeah, because only someone who is insane will build a looting/burning target in that cesspool...
I sure don’t want to buy their food. That is communism. They should obtain education and good diction and pursue the American Dream like the rest of us or they can rot in the street, I will not pay them not to riot.
Screw these idiots. They destroy everything around them and then complain. Lets see how they do with the shortage of police protection they bitched about.
To be fair, that bound is ANDed with some other conditions, but still....
I live in a booze desert. The state has the liquor racket and the nearest ABC store is a good 7 miles away.
I am way more concerned about the fate of the Mongolian crocodile.
“Appears grocery stores chose to not locate in high robbery & violent areas.”
High robbery & violent areas are code words for black people.
RACIST!
Most Safeway and Giant food stores have a pharmacy section, thus those were probably targeted as well to get the drugs.
“or they pilfer them below break even and they eventually close up”
This is a common occurance here in Indy. They get a retail grocery to locate in those areas. The trucks come to deliver the stock and the food often gets stolen right off the truck.
We have empty buildings just sitting there.
I suspect it’s easy to get a free bus pass. While visiting SF it was easy to get off the bus, get a day or two’s food, catch another bus and go miles to where we were staying.
"Mmm hmm! And we don't want none of those damn 'convenience' stores chargin' an arm and a leg for a can 'o Spam! Nuh uh!"
While traveling, buy your beer in Wisc. before stopping in Minn. The whole state is a booze desert.
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