Food Justice
By Joshua
Davison
Many low income families across
the nation have no access to clean water or fresh and healthy food. This is commonly seen as an issue that is
only affecting countries that are war torn or have great amounts of
poverty. This just is not the case. It is happening right here in America.
In many poverty stricken urban
areas there are “food deserts”. Places
where the only food to come by might be a McDonald’s, a 7-Eleven, or a Pizza
Hut. These places certainly do not have
fresh wholesome ingredients that growing adolescents and even adults need to
live healthy lifestyles. In a food
desert you are not able to find fresh food for a about a mile around where you
live.
One area of Detroit has some couple hundred liquor stores to two grocery
stores. It is obvious that urban
planning needs some sort of a revival in the terms of fresh food sources. We need to build a movement that brings the
farm worker back into the urban environment.
An amazon.com of food if you will.
People need to be able to get the food they want and the food that they
rightly deserve. Social issues must take
this into effect and to change it. Does
anyone have any ideas on how we might change food deserts in America?
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| Where have all the open air markets and fresh produce stores gone?! |
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