Even though Chicago is known as great city for tourists with many attractions, it has its fair shares of struggles, one including food deserts. According newsone.com article from 2011, Chicago was listed in America's Top 9 Worst Urban Food Deserts. As someone who has lived in Chicago for 17 years, and 1 year in Texas, it's troubling to hear that this city is mightily struggling for access for food. Due to its popularity, however, Chicago has gained help in their efforts to reduce food deserts in the city, thanks in part to officials of Chicago and local community groups.
Although he is not well-liked to some, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has pushed for the end of food deserts in our city. On August 27 of 2013, he held a press conference in which he discussed the following topics: data on food deserts, interactive maps, and several goals. Our city has managed to create 15 full-scale grocery stores and even converted several CTA buses into mobile markets, a bus which transports fresh foods to 7 neighborhoods (as of August 27.) Also conceived by May Rahm Emanuel was "Seed Chicago." Seed Chicago is another plan with the intention of economic growing and jobs. The article states that it centers on five Chicago businesses and has generated over $55k dedicated to funding FD-prevention organizations such as Rogers Park Business Alliance's GROW-Food business incubator, Growing Home's Englewood Urban Farm, the Garfield Park Community Council's Fresh Food Market, Albany Park's Global Gardens refugee training project and YoLo's Food & Snacks Mobile Kitchen in the Austin neighborhood. Rahm Emanuel has set a goal of ending food deserts by 2020.
Although he is not well-liked to some, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has pushed for the end of food deserts in our city. On August 27 of 2013, he held a press conference in which he discussed the following topics: data on food deserts, interactive maps, and several goals. Our city has managed to create 15 full-scale grocery stores and even converted several CTA buses into mobile markets, a bus which transports fresh foods to 7 neighborhoods (as of August 27.) Also conceived by May Rahm Emanuel was "Seed Chicago." Seed Chicago is another plan with the intention of economic growing and jobs. The article states that it centers on five Chicago businesses and has generated over $55k dedicated to funding FD-prevention organizations such as Rogers Park Business Alliance's GROW-Food business incubator, Growing Home's Englewood Urban Farm, the Garfield Park Community Council's Fresh Food Market, Albany Park's Global Gardens refugee training project and YoLo's Food & Snacks Mobile Kitchen in the Austin neighborhood. Rahm Emanuel has set a goal of ending food deserts by 2020.
. “This data is critical to continue making progress, and will serve as a source for all those involved in eliminating food deserts to reference, explore and use in the very important work they are doing for our city.”