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New Program Combats Food Deserts With Discounted Rides To Southeast Grocery Stores

by Sasha-Ann Simons

Photo: Full bags of groceries. Grocery stores are rare east of the Anacostia River. There’s only one supermarket in Ward 8 and two in Ward 7, neighborhoods with a combined population of about 150,000 people. [Elvert Barnes / Flickr]

In Washington, DC, a new program aims to help residents in living in food deserts by providing discounted rides to grocery stores.

  • World Hunger Education
    Service
    P.O. Box 29015
    Washington, D.C. 20017

  • About WHES & Hunger Notes
    For the past 40 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, that
    • Educate the general public and target groups about the extent and causes of hunger and malnutrition in the United States and the world
    • Advance comprehension which integrates ethical, religious, social, economic, political, and scientific perspectives on the world food problem
    • Facilitate communication and networking among those who are working for solutions
    • Promote individual and collective commitments to sustainable hunger solutions.

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