[Bahbah]

In some areas, green vegetables and fruit are impossible to buy -- even in a can, because there may be no supermarket. Moreover, such items are costly.

Who wrote this nonsense?

[visualops]

Probably the same people who run the "ketchup soup" public service radio commercial I hear all the time.

[AnAmericanMother]

In some areas, green vegetables and fruit are impossible to buy -- even in a can, because there may be no supermarket. Moreover, such items are costly.

Who wrote this nonsense?

Probably just parroting something the reporter heard, because it fits the reporter's mental template.

There are some pretty darn poor neighborhoods near where I work in downtown Atlanta. Every one of them has little corner groceries or bodegas, and often on Friday they'll have fresh fruits and veggies displayed on the sidewalk.

The story's just trying to counter in advance the argument of parental incapacity. Which is the real problem here.

[dufekin]

Well, it is true that some American communities, particularly in extremely remote areas (e.g., Inuit villages in Alaska) during the winter lack any access to green vegetation. Then again, the Inuit diet traditionally does not emphasize such foods, and the Inuit have survived in the Arctic for millenia.

Getting fresh fruit and vegetables at a reasonable price and in good condition can be difficult in the Northern winter too. But there aren't too many places where you can't get canned (or frozen) vegetables or even fresh potatoes. The areas without supermarkets generally lie in rather remotely rural areas, where residents must prepare properly for a long winter of blizzards and/or take up cross-country skiing to ensure an adequate food supply.

Inner-city residents can take inexpensive public transportation to a supermarket if none exists in their neighborhood. Perhaps doing so will increase their exposure to roving criminal gangs (which explains why these neighborhoods lack supermarkets, an attractive target for robbers and other thugs).

[Darnright]

>In some areas, green vegetables and fruit are impossible to buy -- even in a can, because there may be no supermarket. Moreover, such items are costly.<

My friends live in a rural area of the state, where one has to drive 40 minutes or so to the supermarket. The local gas station-store has more food than do city types, and wonder of wonders, most people have gardens. Therefore, the veggies they have are better than the ones found in some Safeways.

[Reactionary]

"In some areas, green vegetables and fruit are impossible to buy -- even in a can, because there may be no supermarket. Moreover, such items are costly."

More idiotic propaganda from our friends on the Left.