Thursday, May 22, 2008

corner store conundrum

This is a hot topic because of the links between low-socioeconomic status and health issues. I attended a lecture yesterday at Drexel University about food safety and access issues in urban markets...

Grocery Boost

"Given the importance of healthy diets, perhaps a rethinking of the institutional framework that determines food supply in the U.S. should be more prominent among issues analyzed in economics and policy-related sciences," the researchers conclude.