Following the city’s announcement that it was exploring the possibility of a publicly owned store, one grocer said his “first thought was, great. My second thought was, ‘How is that going to look?’”
Following the city’s announcement that it was exploring the possibility of a publicly owned store, one grocer said his “first thought was, great. My second thought was, ‘How is that going to look?’”
According to the most recent data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 34 of these so-called food deserts are in the Midwest and Great Plains.
When a town loses its grocery store, it also lose a local source of healthy food and a place for neighbors to gather and connect. But some communities are finding innovative ways to keep shops open.