Maps of San Francisco

Fresh food famine in the land of gourmands

Even in the Bay Area, home of Alice Waters, locavores, and slow food, many people lack access to fresh, healthy food. The USDA defines food deserts as a “low-income census tract where a substantial number or share of residents has low access to a supermarket or large grocery store.”

Unsurprisingly, San Francisco’s Bayview area, parts of Oakland, east Redwood City/Menlo Park/Palo Alto, and Richmond are the food desert hotspots in the Bay Area.

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