Urban Farming in Boston

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Boston in general is pretty woefully under-served as far as supermarkets go. This is true even for neighborhoods in the core. The North End, for example, has zero supermarkets. Likewise for Downtown. South Boston has one supermarket within its borders (including Fort Point and the Seaport). I don't think it's a conspiracy to keep supermarkets out of poor, minority neighborhoods as those statistics seem to imply.

Who said anything about a conspiracy? Comparing the North End to, say, Dorchester is disingenuous. You can walk to the Whole Foods on Cambridge St from the North End. Depending on where you are in Dorchester, you could end up taking an hour on the bus each way to the nearest Stop & Shop. Not to mention the non-grocery store options in these respective neighborhoods are incomparable.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture also reports that 23.5 million people live in low-income neighborhoods more than one mile from a grocery store. These individuals spend nearly 20 minutes longer traveling to a grocery store than the national average of 15 minutes