Food Deserts – Wichita, KS

Low-income Wichitans face barriers in finding healthier foods, By Becky Tanner, October 6, 2014, Wichita Eagle: “A new study released by the Health & Wellness Coalition of Wichita has found specific barriers preventing Wichitans in three ZIP codes from buying healthier foods. Last year, the coalition discovered 44 square miles in Wichita considered food deserts — areas where low-income residents have little to no access to healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables and who live more than a mile from a full-service grocery store. The new report, released last week, uncovers six barriers that affect those residents: cost, quality, transportation, stores, sources and personal…”