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National Food Deserts
Is junk food really cheaper than healthy food?
Junk Food
May 11, 2012
There has been much in the news about food deserts in poor neighborhoods and the relationship among cheap junk food, food deserts and the...
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The Texas “Miracle?”
Public Policy
May 10, 2012
The Texas Miracle? Really? The “Texas” Miracle? Seriously?Back in the day when those of my generation encountered a condition that...
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Monsanto, GMOs, and food deserts in Denver
Food Deserts
March 27, 2012
"25 percent of fast food hamburger sales are in stores that service low-income neighborhoods."—Wall Street JournalGenetically...
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Are you living in a food desert?
Michelle Obama
March 14, 2012
Are you living in a food desert? First Lady Michelle Obama does not want you to be too far from your food, so to speak. In her campaign for healthy...
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Food deserts in the Dairy State?
Food Deserts
March 9, 2012
Depicted on Wisconsin’s state flag are agricultural tools and a cornucopia that would seem to connect cultivation of the land with abundance....
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Our food heroes are out there
Jeff Brown
December 29, 2011
Once in a while a food hero crosses your path and reminds you - without a shred of doubt -that there's hope. Fellow Babson alum andfood desert...
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Shopping in a “food oasis”
Food Deserts
November 15, 2011
It’s the poster child for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s effort to do away with “food deserts”, but will a Walgreens newly stocked...
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APHA seeks to see FDA step up to the plate, and remove salt
salt
November 2, 2011
The APHA wants the U.S. government to establish regulations that call for a reduction of sodium used in manufacturing and preparing some foods for...
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Rahm Emanuel announces 36 new grocery stores in Chicago food deserts
Rahm Emanuel
October 29, 2011
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, along withFirst Lady Michelle Obama and executives from major grocerychains across the country, made an announcement...
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Michelle Obama in Chicago talks food deserts
Michelle Obama
October 25, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama was in Chicago on October 25, 2011, to speak at the Mayor's Summit regarding food deserts. The First Lady has made...
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