Talk:Food deserts in the United States

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This article was the subject of an educational assignment that ended on Fall 2023.

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The plan is to add information about school gardens to the 'youth education' and 'urban agriculture' sections of the article. The information will be about the sector debates surrounding the integration of youth education.

Youth education

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The "Youth Education" section speaks of choices and behaviors being important in reversing food deserts. This is in seeming disagreement with earlier text that explained the causes of food deserts only in terms of external factors. I believe that causes include choices. But the article in its current form contains this tension. I think we will have to wrestle with the question of contributing causes. Pete unseth (talk) 02:11, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Food trucks

Latest comment: 2 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The article speaks of food trucks. Is this intended to refer to fast food servers or to trucks delivering groceries? 23:17, 2 March 2024 (UTC) Pete unseth (talk) 23:17, 2 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I believe it's referring to the latter! I'll make edits to reflect this definition. Cd631874 (talk) 18:32, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: Global Poverty and Practice

Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 January 2025 and 23 May 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Erikalalfaro (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Thyanguyen1031 (talk) 00:15, 13 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Updates to history, new sections for related terms and climate change

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Major edit suggestions that I plan to add. Much of these are related to how the issue of food deserts disproportionately affect black people which is mentioned in the article once but not further expanded upon.

As the history section needs expansion, history over how US food deserts are understood as a problem is warranted.

Moreover, related terms for food deserts, specifically in how they pertain to the US, exist in academia and ought to be listed. Food apartheid and supermarket redlining are the main concern in this regard with the only the former having its own Wikipedia page. They have their own formal definitions by academics which can be listed.

A section for climate change with how it pertains to US food deserts is warranted as well as there is research done on the matter. Loo ninja (talk) 05:31, 9 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: Multimedia Writing and Rhetoric

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 26 August 2025 and 10 December 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): How Duck YO (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by How Duck YO (talk) 19:07, 25 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: Global Poverty and Practice

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 20 January 2026 and 15 May 2026. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ariapel (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Eshalnaqvi, Averyyk.

— Assignment last updated by Eshalnaqvi (talk) 18:44, 22 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

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