• Being able to drive five to 10 minutes to a grocery store is a luxury many don’t think about, but in several rural and low-income communities across the country, grocers are permanently closing, making access to healthy foods more difficult.
• This has been the way of life for decades in Jackson, Mississippi. It’s the state’s largest city, yet it has one Walmart, one Kroger and one Whole Foods covering a 100-mile radius. Smaller grocers come in and out of the area as the economy fluctuates.
• “This is just the way of life here,” said lifelong Jackson resident Perry Thomas. “We just deal with it as the days go by.”

Tagged: Economy