Food Justice/Food Deserts

The purpose of this discussion is to offer you the
opportunity to debate the issue of food justice and food deserts. Food
deserts are a significant issue in poorer neighborhoods in the United
States. In many of these neighborhoods, the only access to food is
through a local convenience store or a fast food restaurant. This
severely limits the options for the poor to have access to fresh and
wholesome food and has been evidenced as a key reason for the obesity
epidemic in the United States. This issue is encompassed in the
overarching topic of food justice, which highlights the issue of food
deserts as well as public access to genetically modified foods, organic
foods, and the issues of equal access for positive food options in light
of public health and social inequality. Prepare and post a response to
the following prompt:

Read the Hilmers article assigned this week. Assume that your town is a
food desert and you would like to do something about it. Prepare an
evidenced 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.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your
claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other
scholarly sources, and properly cite any references in APA style as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center