University of Nebraska at Omaha
June 15, 2011
Time: 6-8pm
What are food deserts? Why do they exist? And more importantly, what can be done about them? According to the US Centers for Disease Control, a food desert is an area that lacks access to affordable and healthy foods that make up a nutritious diet. Many believe that the presence of food deserts may be related to wide-ranging, preventable health problems such as obesity and heart disease, particularly affecting lower-income communities, in both rural and urban America. This forum will focus on food deserts in urban areas, identify their causes, and explore local and state policy approaches and community initiatives to effectively address them.
This forum is co-sponsored by No More Empty Pots, the University of Nebraska College of Arts and Sciences through the Thomas C. Sorensen policy seminar series endowment, and the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center. This event is free and open to the public.
