Rural Food Deserts

Food access should be plentiful in rural areas that produce their own food; however, food insecurity has become so pervasive in the United States that even rural communities are scrambling to find solutions to food deserts. Food deserts are extremely common in rural communities, concentrating in the agriculture heavy South. The disappearance of family farms in recent years have driven population loss and economic decline, contributing greatly to the creation of rural food deserts and driving rural-urban divide. Access to nutritious and affordable food is a key indicator of one’s quality of life, and living in a food desert, whether it be rural or urban, can greatly impact an individual’s health. Our Health Equity advocates for every American to have access to nutritious and affordable food and prioritizes solutions that will fix food deserts across the country. Read more here.