New ways to cover Food Deserts in your community | Reporting on Health

New ways to cover Food Deserts in your community | Reporting on Health

A hot button health topic is what advocates and experts call “food deserts” — geographic areas that don’t have access to fresh, affordable, healthy food, such as fruits and vegetables.
Earlier this month, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation hosted a panel discussion and webcast called Street Food: Attacking Obesity & Wiping Out Food Deserts One City Block at a Time. It highlighted what different cities are doing to give families access to fresh produce and other healthy foods, including supporting corner stores, farmers markets and food trucks.
Panelists discussed the success of New York City’s green cart initiative to deliver fresh fruit and vegetables to underserved communities through funding from The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund.

Follow the link above to read about five story ideas that came out of the webcast.