Conversations on Food Justice Designing Food Deserts: Urban Planning & Food Apartheid

In cities across America, hunger is not distributed equally. A long history of racialized policies and infrastructure guiding city planning and design have limited economic opportunity and food access in communities of color, creating neighborhoods where affordable, healthy food is scarce. In this session, we’ll examine how America’s history of unequal housing and urban development have contributed to food insecurity. We’ll also hear from the community leaders who are redesigning cities and neighborhoods to ensure that all people have access to healthy, affordable food.

Conversations on Food Justice is a collaboration between Food & Society at the Aspen Institute and Share Our Strength.

[jzwalzrobin]

Looting assaults, shop lifting, destruction of markets; that is what is causing retailers to give up on some neighborhoods

[seventhcompactor]

None of you have a real plan for stopping shoplifters. That's the issue.

There's no 'justice' when you have a community full of criminals

[Bosley-qhfw]

How about you just dont rob your neighborhood store?

[katiedid]

Yes.
This also means stop supporting/allowing dollar stores to proliferate/flourish.

To me, 'food desert' is adequate for describing areas/neighborhoods with no adequate food resources.
To me, fast food is not acceptable when it and gas stations and food marts do not sell fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and makings for cooking from scratch.
Thank you.

[bobo]

You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
Is that you do it to yourself, just you
You and no one else
You do it to yourself
"Just" Radiohead
Love that song.