Geography Of Food : Midterm Exam

One of the most troubling issues that is concerning our country is the amount of people living with type 2 diabetes and obesity because of food deserts. Food deserts are affecting the lives of older generation and could follow into the next generation if nothing is done to eliminate the harmful consequences of food deserts in the United States. A complete wipe out of food deserts will not be an easy process, it will years to change the eating habits for lower-income communities. It is less of a challenge to just put a supermarket in a community that needs it, but changing poor nutrition is not as easy. To dispose of food deserts, there are several ways to take action within rural communities. Since fresh fruits and vegetables are troublesome

Imagine a college student’s dinner. Is it a marbled, medium rare prime rib steak? How about an enormous ruby red lobster or even caviar, whatever that is? Unless you envisioned Tiffany Trump at a dinner party, the odds are pretty good that the luxurious surf and turf you might have imagined instead came about after mixing together shrimp and beef flavored ramen. “OK,” you might say, “of course they should eat ramen, they are, after all, college students.” But what if this theoretical college student did not have a car they could drive to a grocery store, and there were no grocery stores close enough for them to walk to? What if ramen was the only thing they could afford – and if they couldn’t afford it, they would have to skip meals? What if their lack of food caused them to suffer academically, potentially causing to them to fail out of school? What if a method could describe the where, how, and why of this student’s inability to buy fresh food?

Some of the deadliest places when left stranded without proper supplies are deserts. The most popular ones are the Sahara, Arabian, Mojave, and Food. Food? Yes, as much as people say that’s nonsense, a food desert is an occurring anomaly that impacts many people around the world, and in the United States. A food desert is a place where people do not have access to natural healthy food, however they do have access to cheap unhealthy food. Those areas today tend to be densely populated urban communities that again do not have immediate access to a grocery store or fresh healthy food. The occurrence of food deserts in the United States is unacceptable, for a first world country, and the more the government continues to ignore the problem, our country will continue to grow more unhealthy and add to the astronomical increase in obesity. The United States Government needs to do more to regulate the areas considered food deserts, and hold fast food industries accountable for providing the correct nutritional information needed on their products.

Is Syracuse's “food desert” still a problem? Well, not so much. With a brand new supermarket people can say the city of syracuse is no longer a food desert. But this is just a start, a strong step in the right direction. Sarah Moses explains “The grocery store at 611 South Ave. will be located in an area that community leaders have called a "food desert" because of a lack of affordable grocery stores within easy walking distance for the area's many low-income residents, many of whom do not own cars.” This can force people to buy food at corner stores with high prices and no healthy options. The researchers were trying to find if ethnicity and race are active factors in how people buy food. They believed that ethnicity does have a significant role in how food is purchased. Different ethnic groups will buy different foods at different stores in different places based on their culture.

Many foods like Pastas, Pizza, Fish, Tacos; and more are from different countries. Foods came to this area because the immigrants and people that move to say Italy then bring the food over to our country.

There was no typical meal for a colonial Americans, as the diets between a rich and a poorer citizen would have depended on what they could afford. This was also the case because of the different food sources that each of the colonies had. The breakfast of the typical colonial American consisted of bread, cornmeal mush, milk or tea, and possibly an alcoholic beverage. The poor would eat dinner midday while the rich would have it midafternoon. Dinner may have consisted of one or two meats, pudding, cheese, pickles, vinegar, salt, roots, and vegetables. The evening meal was called “supper” and consisted of foods similar in content to breakfast. Butter, spices, sugar, coffee, tea, chocolate, and alcohol were considered luxuries and were only consumed

A food desert can be defined as an urban area where the residents must travel more than one mile to have access to affordable fresh fruits and vegetables (USDA, 2015). Food insecurity is defined as insufficient quantities of food available or on an consistent basis, lack of resources to obtain appropriate foods, and suitable knowledge of basic nutrition, as well as water and sanitation (WHO, 2016) What this means is that if a person has access to nutritious foods for an adequate diet, but lacks the proper knowledge to use those foods in a healthy or nutritious way, then that person has a degree of food insecurity. When a person lacks all three components (access, resources, knowledge), they are said to be severely food insecure.

Food desert are urban, suburb, and rural boroughs without ready access to fresh healthy and economical food. The communities that are considered food deserts, has no grocery stores or supermarkets within a walking distance from their household. The families that live in those areas do not have access to transportation; therefore, they consume food that is accessible, which is usually processed. Most stores that people, living in a food desert, go to is convenience stores, which are usually near their households, and are accessible to some healthy foods. Another, place where many people receive their food from is fast food, and the food from those places is greasy and fattening. The lack of access to healthy food could lead to a lot of disasters,

Food is one of the many factors that determine a population. The use of big, domesticated animals helped in the production of food and while Eurasia had 13 of the 14 main species, the Americas only had one (llamas and apachas). In addition to having most of the main animal species, the geographic location of Eurasia (west to east) had helped in the expansion of the domesticating of animals and plants because of the similar environment and climate where in the Americas (north to south), the climate and environment made it hard to move the animals and plants for domestication. Already in the lead with having the most species and their location, domestic animals in Eurasia provided labor; plowing and manure which helped produced faster and more crops. In the Americas though, the llama/apacha could not be used for labor. The rate of food production In the Americas was a much more painful and slow process because it was picked and planted by hand while Eurasia had machinery and animals to help increase food production. For the production of plant food crops, both Eurasia and the Americas had widespread agriculture but Eurasia had more farmers and land so they could tend to the farms, whereas the Americas had limited land (due to environment and barrier issues) and more hunter-gatherers. Because of their easier and faster labor system, the

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), food deserts are defined as “areas that lack access to affordable fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low fat milk and other foods that make up the full range of a healthy diet” (1). This occurs in communities that have little to no local supermarkets, farmer markets and grocery stores that sell healthy foods. US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported for area to be considered a food desert by measuring the distance to the nearest grocery store and the communities’ income (2). Food deserts are commonly found in urban and rural areas especially low-income neighborhoods making it difficult for them buy healthy food and eat a healthy diet. Various fast food restaurants, convenient

As slaves adapted to survive they unknowingly transformed the Southern diet with the ingredients they brought with them from Africa. Southern food is based off of preservation methods. Fish, vegetables, fruits were the staples of most African people’s diets. The slaves brought to the colonies found that they could grow many of the foods that they ate in Africa. They learned about salting and frying meats and vegetables as simple methods of preservation from the Native Americans. How the food was preserved is what made it taste so good. One-pot cooking, gumbo, cornbread and hoecakes were being done out in the fields since slaves did not have breaks for lunch. Since southern food smells good while it is cooking it is thought that masters brought

Considering most families live in a low-income and poverty condition the transportation aspects are super challenging and difficult when grocery shopping, especially traveling 10 miles or more without a vehicle. Due to these conditions members from a food desert primarily focuses on what is available, affordable, and convenient to them. Two major issues are convenient stores, and fast food restaurants. Convenient stores contain horrible food selections, such pop, candy, chips, sweets, and much more. McDonalds, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, are also some examples of horrible selections. These resources have zero nutrients for the human body they are extremely hazardous and dangerous. For instance, they contain pounds of sugar, high in sault, deep-fried and overall it is processed food.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) atlas on food deserts shows that most food deserts in California are in highly rural (USDA, 2017). Northern California, the Mojave Desert, and the Imperial Valley all have a high prevalence of food deserts (USDA, 2017). A closer look at the map also shows a significant amount of food deserts in urban areas of highly populated cities. Large portions of neighborhoods in urban areas like Los Angeles, San Diego, and Sacramento are food deserts (USDA, 2017). In this section, we will discuss the socio-economic characteristics of the people living in both types of food

The world is growing at an ever-increasing rate, yet, rather than spread across the land available, people are moving to urban centers. As the population of cities grows, so does the demand for food supplies. However, as urban centers develop, many problems also arise, including racism, inequality of economic growth, and general food infrastructure deficiencies that lead to food deserts. There are many potential solutions to these problems, such as introducing new supermarkets, expanding local ethnic markets, creating urban gardens, and constructing aquaponics farms.

In order to distribute food in Columbia, Missouri, a temporary operating permit is required. The following is a guideline chart issued by the city for those seeking to obtain a permit: