Need to find a "food desert" in the USA? There's a map for the that. The USDA has created a free online tool called a food access research atlas which uses census data to map out where there is a lack of supermarket access. Here is the link http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas.aspx#.UUHSf2cwzak
Could be useful to nutrition and public health students
ps here is a NPR article talking about it: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/03/13/174112591/how-to-find-a-food-desert-near-you
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