Many in the SNAP program do not have easy access to the healthiest foods. You dont find a Fresh Foods market in low income areas.
The growing acceptance of ETP cards at farmers markets is a plus but there is still a "food desert" in many low income urban areas.
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"You can't choose healthy food if you don't have access to it," said Mari Gallagher, principal of the Chicago-based Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group, which has researched food deserts across the country.
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It's hard to pinpoint exactly how many people are living in these food deserts without studying each location in depth, she said. In Detroit, Gallagher's firm studied 50,000 city blocks. They found that at least half a million of the city's nearly 1 million residents are living in a food desert. In Chicago, more than 600,000 of the city's nearly 3 million are living in food deserts.
Food stamp recipients gain access to area farmers markets | Joint Center Health Policy Institute
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I agree that a greater emphasis on educating SNAP recipients on accessible options is a good approach.......further restricting the use of the SNAP benefits is more difficult...where do you draw the line?