Did you see any of our blog posts last semester about food? There were some about Junk Food, Helping Moraine Students who are going Hungry, Pink Slime, and The Campus-Wide Food Drive.
Check out this food desert map published by the US Department of Agriculture.
- Do you live near, or do you even live in any of these food deserts?
- What is a definition of a food desert? How does that definition differ from the definition used by the USDA? And which of the definitions makes more sense to you?
- Why do you think all of the biggest food deserts seem to be out west, how is that possible?
Answer these questions using our Multi-Subject, or News Databases.