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 Ariela Kluk

Mr. Roddy

IHSS

02/23/21

Some people live in neighborhoods, and towns where there are not grocery stores nearby, they cant walk to the store or even take a five-minute drive, because there are no stores nearby, this is called a food desert. A food desert is when at least a third of the population lives more than a mile away from a grocery store. More than 500 thousand people in Houston live in food deserts and this situation has worsened due to COVID-19 and this recent cold front that hit Texas. Most people who do not live in food deserts go to the grocery stores at least once a week to get groceries, and if they forget an item they go back to the store with no issue. People who are not as lucky and live in food deserts, do not have this easy access to food and even less access to fresh food. Living in a food desert has so many consequences and inconveniences, it also limits the number of nutritious meals people can eat. There are two perspectives to this situation, people in food deserts and people out of them. Goodall is someone who lived outside of a food desert but drove through them every day and he said, “A while ago, I lived near San Felipe and Voss and there were three grocery stores within a block of my house and you come to different areas of town and there are zero grocery stores. This really affects the quality of life, your health, and all aspects of your community,”. 

       https://www.click2houston.com/food/2020/09/03/500k-houstonians-live-in-food-deserts-with-little-to-no-access-to-healthy-food-and-the-problem-has-worsened-due-to-covid-19/

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