[Magdalen] 21.5 stone...ugh

[Marion Thompson]

I am.  Even Forest Hill, a wealthy area of Toronto, is in some part a 
food desert, but they DO have cars so it doesn't matter to them.

Marion

On 11/23/2015 5:31 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> How many of you are familiar with the phrase "food desert". It is used 
> a lot here in parts of  the city of Houston and some of the poorer 
> outlying areas (to be designated as such so as not to confuse with the 
> wealthy outlying areas, that are actually incorporated within the 
> city  so they can 'call their own shots').
>
> For the unaware a food desert is an area where there are NO 
> traditional grocery stores of any kind except a corner convenience 
> store or one associated with a gas station. Not a small family owned 
> grocery store, not a branch of a local or national chain - no grocery 
> stores that can be walked to (say a 2 mile distance).
>
> There are many initiatives going on now to lure grocery stores into 
> these areas with limited success.  There was a time when these areas 
> were better served but through loss/theft, and not *enough* sales, the 
> stores closed up shop.
>
> Lynn, often forgetting to be thankful for  what seems to me to be 
> 'little things'.
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You 
> gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a 
> talk by Richard Rohr
>
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> From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 4:22 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] 21.5 stone...ugh
>
>>>>> That's WEIRD. It's always on the perimeter of every store I've 
>>>>> ever shopped
>> at. Oh well, it's California.<<<
>>
>> Specifically, it's Raley's (Nob Hill, Bel Air).  Every other store in 
>> town it's on the side.  I'm rare, for my immediate (and by that I 
>> mean short walking distance) neighborhood has THREE fully functioning 
>> grocery stores: Nob Hill, Lucky's (sometimes SaveMart, depending on 
>> which way the corporate wind blows), and a Mom & Pop place called 
>> Star Market which is the oldest of the three (owned by a Chinese 
>> family with roots that go farther back than most of us around here).  
>> In terms of produce and meat quality, it's Star first, then Nob Hill, 
>> then Lucky's. (Actually, put Lucky's at the tail end of all lists.)  
>> And what makes this convenient as hell is that whenever Nob Hill 
>> workers go on strike (only once since I've been in this part of town, 
>> 2005), I've got two other stores to get what I need while supporting 
>> my unionized friends. 
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