Why do the problems occur?
These problems that are called food deserts occur when 23.5 million people across the country do not live within 1 mile of a grocery store or major supermarket. There is one neighborhood in San Diego that just became a food desert last year (2014). The city closed down the only major supermarket in the neighborhood (City Heights). Now this leaves the people in City Heights without a major supermarket.
When did this happen?
The concept of food deserts was developed in the United Kingdom about 15-20 years ago. Another term for food deserts is food insecurity. These ideas came from the fact that people were noticing that there were a lot more McDonalds, Burger King, etc in their neighborhood
These problems that are called food deserts occur when 23.5 million people across the country do not live within 1 mile of a grocery store or major supermarket. There is one neighborhood in San Diego that just became a food desert last year (2014). The city closed down the only major supermarket in the neighborhood (City Heights). Now this leaves the people in City Heights without a major supermarket.
When did this happen?
The concept of food deserts was developed in the United Kingdom about 15-20 years ago. Another term for food deserts is food insecurity. These ideas came from the fact that people were noticing that there were a lot more McDonalds, Burger King, etc in their neighborhood