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Article: DIXON COOPERATIVE MARKET: NOURISHMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.(News)
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- Taos News (Taos, NM)
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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Byline: KATHY PINTO
By Kathy Pinto
For The New Mexican
According to Pam Roy, an activist on the New Mexico Food Gap Task Force, one third of U.S. counties are considered "food deserts" where residents have to drive more than 10 miles to a grocery store.
Here in New Mexico, it is often more like 25 to 100 miles round trip -- and residents are more likely to buy food that spoils quickly like fresh fruits and vegetables.
Currently, the Food Gap Task Force is working to find creative ways to help rural areas gain better access to healthy and affordable food by trying to close the food gap between city folk and residents of far ...