Food Deserts in Chicago - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Food Deserts in Chicago write by United State Commission on Civil Rights. This book was released on 2016-04-28. Food Deserts in Chicago available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights submits this report, "Food Deserts in Chicago," as part of its responsibility to examine and report on civil rights issues in Illinois under the jurisdiction of the Commission. The Committee has been monitoring the issue of health disparities in Chicago for several years and this report is the culmination of research, a briefing, numerous working group sessions, and, finally, a fact finding meeting on the issue in August 2010. The report was approved by a vote of 18 to 1. At the start of this project, it did not take long to realize that many Chicago neighborhoods are considered food deserts because of the difficulty residents of these areas have in accessing fresh, nutritious foods, in particular fruits and vegetables. Of note to this Committee is the fact that these food desert neighborhoods are almost exclusively in African American neighborhoods.
The Public Health Effects of Food Deserts
The Public Health Effects of Food Deserts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Public Health Effects of Food Deserts write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2009-07-02. The Public Health Effects of Food Deserts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the United States, people living in low-income neighborhoods frequently do not have access to affordable healthy food venues, such as supermarkets. Instead, those living in "food deserts" must rely on convenience stores and small neighborhood stores that offer few, if any, healthy food choices, such as fruits and vegetables. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council (NRC) convened a two-day workshop on January 26-27, 2009, to provide input into a Congressionally-mandated food deserts study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. The workshop, summarized in this volume, provided a forum in which to discuss the public health effects of food deserts.
Measuring Food Deserts in Chicago
Measuring Food Deserts in Chicago - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Measuring Food Deserts in Chicago write by Giovanni P. Senes. This book was released on 2016. Measuring Food Deserts in Chicago available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Problem with Feeding Cities
The Problem with Feeding Cities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Problem with Feeding Cities write by Andrew Deener. This book was released on 2020. The Problem with Feeding Cities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "For some, grocery shopping is an activity woven seamlessly into daily life. They make lists of foods they enjoy preparing and eating throughout the week, stopping by a market where we seek out the best deals and freshest foods among the broad range of items on display. However, access to this abundance is wildly unequal. Many Americans make long commutes to seek out affordable food, visiting corner stores for dry goods and distant markets for fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats. Poor people, and especially people of color, have significantly less access to the affordable bounty of large grocery stores. The Problems with Feeding Cities charts the massive infrastructures and systems that make it possible to consistently buy a wide range of groceries in one place for an affordable price and the communities that have been left behind in this food revolution. Tracing the growth of technologies including bar codes and storage facilities, networks such as distribution chains and transit systems, and social organizations including food banks and farmers markets, this book illuminates the long social history of today's urban food deserts. The unequal distribution of food and resources is closely linked to the rise and explosive growth of American cities, and the infrastructures that accompanied them affect us still"--
The South Side
The South Side - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The South Side write by Natalie Y. Moore. This book was released on 2016-03-22. The South Side available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A lyrical, intelligent, authentic and necessary look at the intersection of race and class in Chicago, a Great American City.Mayors Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel have touted Chicago as a "world-class city." The skyscrapers kissing the clouds, the billion-dollar Millennium Park, Michelin-rated restaurants, pristine lake views, fabulous shopping, vibrant theater scene, downtown flower beds and stellar architecture tell one story. Yet swept under the rug is another story: the stench of segregation that permeates and compromises Chicago. Though other cities - including Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Baltimore - can fight over that mantle, it's clear that segregation defines Chicago. And unlike many other major U.S. cities, no particular race dominates; Chicago is divided equally into black, white and Latino, each group clustered in its various turfs.In this intelligent and highly important narrative, Chicago native Natalie Moore shines a light on contemporary segregation in the city's South Side; her reported essays showcase the lives of these communities through the stories of her family and the people who reside there. The South Side highlights the impact of Chicago's historic segregation - and the ongoing policies that keep the system intact.
