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Solutionaries: Helping Fight the Hunger
Read full article: Solutionaries: Helping Fight the HungerDo you live in a food desert? Are you in the middle of a food swamp? Do better options exist? Food solutions for everybody, including the littlest ones in desperate need of baby formula. Join us for Solutionaries on Thursday, June 30 at 6:30 p.m CST.
500K+ Houstonians live in food deserts with little to no access to healthy food and the problem has worsened due to COVID-19
Read full article: 500K+ Houstonians live in food deserts with little to no access to healthy food and the problem has worsened due to COVID-19Food deserts are areas where stores with healthy food options dont even exist. Food deserts in the Houston-area according to a map from the United States Department of Agriculture. The two often go hand in hand because it is food insecurity that will generally drive a food desert, said Brian Greene, President of the Houston Food Bank. We immediately saw both hunger and poor nutrition issues go up very quickly, said Brian Greene, president of the Houston Food Bank. Their mission is to combat food deserts and food insecurity.