Where is food insecurity most common in the USA?

How does the lack of grocery stores (often referred to as food deserts) negatively affect residents in urban areas?

In an urban area, how is a food desert defined? In other words, how is it determined that urban residents have “low access to healthy food”?

Racial Segregation and the Rise of American Suburbs

1. What led to a separation of race and class after World War II?

2. What was redlining?

3. What were racially restrictive covenants?

4. What is an example of housing discrimination that still occurs today?

The Rise of Suburbs, Supermarket Redlining and Urban Food Deserts

1. Why were the suburbs attractive to chain supermarkets?

2. By the 1980s, it became more common to have fewer, bigger grocery stores in the suburbs, and many stores in urban areas shut down. As an example, what did the grocery store Safeway do?

1. Name at least two barriers to building grocery stores in urban neighborhoods, according to industry representatives.

2. What is supermarket redlining?

3. What is a specific example from the article that illustrates a negative effect of supermarket redlining?