Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District Food Inequality Food Deserts Paper

Find a Solution for the problems.

• Problem: A lot of food is thrown into the garbage instead of helping people who live in food deserts.

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• Problem: People living in food deserts often have transportation issues that make it difficult to get to grocery stores outside of their neighborhood.

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• Problem: Land for large grocery stores in urban areas is difficult to find.

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• Problem: Supermarket redlining is common. (Supermarket redlining: “the general attitude with the grocery industry has been that profits come more easily in the suburbs so it does not make financial sense to serve distressed urban areas . . . decisions about investing in particular neighborhoods are based on stereotypes of gross income, race, and reputation of a neighborhood.”

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• Problem: “Researchers show that [simply] locating a large grocery retailer in a prior food desert has a minimal effect on residents’ fruit and vegetable intake.”What else could be done to help people make healthier food choices?

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• Problem: “Barriers to building in urban communities encompassed costs associated with environmental cleanup, demolition of existing structures, and other site preparation costs along with the building’s cost and delays.”

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• Problem: Other factors that kept large grocery stores out of urban neighbors included depopulating neighborhoods, demanding regulations, and the presence of urban crime problems.

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Revised Thesis (the topic you are writing about and a list of 4-5 of your solutions for the problem you are writing about. Refer to the sample above):