Question

List 15 facts regarding the low income of fresh produce in urban neighborhoods in Texas

Answer 1

Fort worth is a metropolish in Tarrant county, Texas.
As per Tarrant Area Food Bank, approximately 280,000 Fort Worth residents live in a condition of food desert (situated a distance of mile or more from a grocery store). These re mostly low income group of Texas.
A recent study found 11 different zip codes in Tarrant County of Texas that fall in the category of food deserts and many zip codes in the City of Fort Worth which do not have a single grocery store in their community.

In low income group regions of Texas, there are several fast food chains and convenience stores that do not offer any fresh produce.

Fort Worth along with Dallas and Arlington, all being cities of Texas rank in the fourth of five quintiles in the 2016 Gallup-ShareCare Well-Being Index of Community Rankings for Healthy Eating. This Index also measure fresh produce as one of the parameter.

there is very less supply of Fresh produce in Texas that result in low access and high cost.

current zoning law in texas home and community gardens, did not enable urban farmers to grow and sell fresh produce on-site within city limits