Food Justice/Food Deserts

Neighborhood Disparities in Access to Healthy Foods and Their Effects on Environmental Justice

Instructions

Read the article Neighborhood Disparities in Access to Healthy Foods and Their Effects on Environmental Justice, watch Mississippi “Food Deserts” Fuel Obesity Epidemic (Links to site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g-X8GNBYCM#action=share and consider reviewing a recommended resource. Assume that your town is a food desert and you would like to do something about it. Prepare an argument to present to your local town council that outlines an idea to offer healthy food options to your town. Use at least one ethical theory or perspective to support the moral or ethical reasoning for why this program should be implemented.