Efforts ramp up to relieve Arkansas food deserts
Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios About 400,000 Arkansans, including 138,400 children, don’t know where their next meal will come from, according to a recently released report by a governor-appointed group established to gather information on food insecurity in the state. Driving the news: Some of the group’s recommendations for the governor and General Assembly include: Designating a […]
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Food deserts common in Arkansas, ACHI report shows
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — In more than one in four census tracts in Arkansas, 50% or more of the local population had low access to healthy food sources in 2019, according to an Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture data. “With the White House having just held its second-ever Conference on […]
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New report shows food deserts are common in Arkansas
A report out of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement shows food deserts are common here in Arkansas.Food deserts are areas where it’s hard to get access to healthy foods. That can lead to obesity and other health problems.President and CEO of ‘ACHI’ Joe Thompson says one reason behind the food deserts in Arkansas is […]
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