Food Deserts: A Case Study

homeless or jobless and question themselves on how they will gain their next meal. The regulations and food examination that the USDA and FDA implement are to secure the quality of food products and that they pass the law requirements. Although this results in great irony, due to the fact that the government is focused in creating healthy and nutritious food products concerned about the health of the consumer, that they forget to distribute quality food to those who can’t afford it. For example, public schools have low funds and tend to have contracts with companies that sell sugary beverages and starchy artificial snacks, they usually have pouring right contracts. This results harmful in children’s health, over the years they develop obesity,
This issue connects with the distribution in food products from minorities, it denotes the repercussions that low income households transmit onto their children’s health and dietary options. Food deserts are spreading like a disease into areas that have limited access to nutritious food. The distribution in food retailers play a significant role in the sale of food products, the majority of these food companies only seem to care is the revenue they bring to their company and not the damage they leave behind to their clients. The author Thomas W. Hertel, states the relationship of poverty and the determinants of food security mentions, “The absolute poverty measure used in international comparisons seeks to do this by factoring in the amount of income required to meet not only the minimal level of food consumption, but also other subsistence requirements.” The socioeconomic status and geographic location status of minorities is an important factor that determines the disadvantage of their dietary
Having more revenue means more accessibility to organic fresh produce, the demands in quality food goes up because it is at the reach of families that can afford it. Once the demand of food goes up prices start to rise due to the lands irrigation, the transportation of perishables to food markets, and other expenses that farmers must make in order to increase the growth of the crops. This sets an imbalance in the market system, low income families cannot be affording quality products yet they spend the majority of their revenue on food. In the article, "Social and Economic Effects of the U.S. Food System," it divides into three classifications the effect of food distribution, "1) people involved directly in agricultural food production (e.g., farmers); (2) people involved in the rest of the food system (e.g., processing, manufacturing, food service, and retailing); and (3) consumers" (Nesheim, Oria, Tsai Yih). The U.S. is trying to find reliable methods to make healthy food accessible to low income families and minorities, they started establishing community gardens. Many cities are being given the option to plant gardens and create programs where they promote programs to create their own garden and involve