Imagine having to walk more than 20 minutes to buy some fruit. This is the reality of nearly 40% of the U.S. population living in food deserts. As currently defined by the United States Department of Agriculture, a food desert is an urban area where you have to travel more …
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Fresh Stop mobile market, Marion Senior Services and Florida Blue Key are combating food deserts with a grocery bus. The Fresh Stop bus serves fresh vegetables and fruits to seniors in low-income areas each month. “A food desert is a term that’s recognized by the USDA and it pretty much …
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When Enio Ximenes arrived from California four years ago with his girlfriend Jacquelyn Cafasso, the couple began volunteering at the nonprofit Edible Plant Project. The nonprofit, he said, “stood out because they were doing education, and they were trying to get people to plant edible plants in their yards.” “I …
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Waldo, Florida, is not considered officially as a food desert on the USDA’s most updated food desert map from 2015. However, the town has a limited amount of options for grocery shopping, especially for residents without a car, or for the families relying on SNAP benefits.
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A United States Department of Agriculture-funded project called "Fresh Wagon" provides fresh produce to Gainesville residents at a low cost.
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For the first time since April, the Fresh Wagon mobile market made its rounds to public housing units in East Gainesville this week to offer residents local, fresh produce.
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Florida Organic Growers (FOG), a nonprofit food organization, is trying to end the problem of food deserts by partnering with local farmers markets using a new government-funded initiative called Fresh Access Bucks.
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The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agriculture and Sciences launched its Fresh Wood Wagon program on April 1 to help bring food to needy areas.
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It seemingly meets all of the qualifications to be considered a food desert.
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