I live in an urban food desert-- if you don't have access to a car, you don't have access to a grocery store that sells things like produce (fresh or frozen) or even as basic as flour. And a lot of my neighbors don't have cars. So those food stamps are being used in corner stores that sell only junk food... Around here at least, if you're well-enough off to have access to a supermarket, you can eat very well on very little. If you are too poor to have a car, you're probably being overcharged for unhealthy food...

And the free food distributed Thurs. evenings at the church down the street from me is of varying quality. They pass on what has been given to them; sometimes there are a lot of chips and other junk and sometimes they have better food. But never produce. The community gardens springing up everywhere help, but it's no where near enough. Depressing.