Grist: Urban planner discusses "food deserts" and bringing healthy food to the inner city

Release Date: October 5, 2010 This content is archived.

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An article in Grist magazine, an environment news and commentary magazine, about "food deserts," low-income sections of cities that lack easy access to grocery stores selling healthy food and fresh produce, quotes Samina Raja, associate professor of urban and regional planning. "Planners did not actively try to make neighborhoods underserved … but by certain planning decision, the end result was the same," she said.

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