Food Deserts Still Causing Problems In Houston’s Low-Income Neighborhoods
(KUHF – Houston Public Radio)
Within the next year or so, three big-box grocery stores are expected to open within just a couple of miles of downtown. HEB, Kroger and Wal-Mart stores will soon serve the Montrose area and the Washington Avenue Corridor. But those stores will do nothing to fix what has become a serious problem here — food deserts.
The concept of a food desert is pretty simple. It’s a neighborhood that has limited access to healthy, affordable foods. And there are plenty of food deserts in Houston: Sunnyside, Independence Heights, Kashmere and the Third and Fifth Wards
are just a few of them. (Listen and read the full story here.)
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