food desert

food desert

A location that lack options for nutritious food. The phrase is often associated with urban areas with stores that mostly offer non-perishable food. Good luck finding fresh vegetables around here—this part of the city is a real food desert.
See also: desert, food
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • mama put
  • comfort food
  • Could I take your order?
  • Can I take your order?
  • May I take your order?
  • serve out
  • McDuck
  • McDuck’s
  • McDuck's
  • Mickey D’s
References in periodicals archive
While other climate research predicts drier climates and the emergence of food deserts, Hubbart's research indicates quite the opposite.
Positives of Climate Change in Certain Regions
Department of Agriculture defines a "food desert" as an area where at least 20 percent of the population is low-income and at least 33 percent of the population is more than 1 mile from a grocery store.
Urban farming space in northeast OKC approved
Use of this SDI allowed for comparison of food swamp locations, obtained in this analysis, to food desert (lack of grocery stores) and food mirage (accessible but not affordable) locations obtained the Wiebe et al.
Identifying Food Swamps Based on Area-Level Socioeconomic Patterning of Retail Food Environments in Winnipeg, Canada
and Perceptions Change with Supermarket Introduction in a Food Desert,
LET THEM EAT KALE: THE MISPLACED NARRATIVE OF FOOD ACCESS
I first heard the term food desert in the early 2000s.I heard about a family, living in poverty and extreme circumstances, where the children would walk to the local Circle K and buy food with the family's SNAP/EBT card.
Arizona-grown produce bill good for families in poverty
Chef Stephan Sundermeier describes Homebaked as "an oasis of fresh food in a fast food desert".
City bakery has got PIE hopes; COMMUNITY-RUN BUSINESS HOPES TO FOLLOW UP LAST YEAR'S SUCCESS AT PRESTIGE AWARDS
'Trying to put a dent in the industry when it comes to food deserts is really one of the driving factors behind our first farm, which was actually located in a food desert,' Haider said.
Urban farming, future of Agriculture
A new supermarket offering fresh food in downtown Paterson, NJ, long considered a "food desert," is now offering city residents healthy produce and creating 88 new jobs.
Supermarket bringing fresh groceries, jobs to New Jersey 'food desert' town
The ballpark has been a kosher food desert ever since its opening 103 years ago.
Another Century-Long Wait Is Over for the Chicago Cubs: Wrigley Field is Getting Kosher Food
When residents of a community lack access to healthy, nutritious, and affordable food from full-service grocery stores, the area is considered a food desert (Wright, Donley, Gualtieri, & Strickhouser, 2016).
Access to Healthy Foods in Rural Minnesota: A Pilot Analysis of Corner Stores
From significantly improving rice yields in India despite minimal water or fertilisers, to creating 'liquid air' as a source of low-carbon refrigeration, to turning derelict housing into urban farms in the 'food desert' of Detroit, it's a positive set of stories for anyone feeling particularly negative about humanity's prospects in the coming years.
We Do Things Differently: The Outsiders Rebooting Our World
Food Desert Pilot Program - SB 277: Creates a $2 million pilot grant program to assist entities that offer fresh or unprocessed foods to an underserved area.
Policy Primer
In the past, if a city dweller had to journey a mile to a grocery store, it probably meant she lived in a "food desert." The term was coined by social scientists in the 1990s to describe places bereft of ingredients needed to make a healthy meal.
Lost in the supermarket: what the government missed when it tried to fix food deserts
Transforming the local food desert in an impoverished section of Brockton is an object lesson in assisting the poor with a basic need.
Students get their hands dirty at Stonehill
"It's about community, connection, and a basic human right to food," says Renee Gunter (at left), owner of Daily Organics in South Los Angeles, an area considered an urban "food desert." Her shipping-container storefront selling farm-sourced fruits and vegetables is just a few blocks from her current home and a half-mile from where she spent part of her childhood.
Food for thought