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McClintock quoted on food deserts research
In his research on food deserts in Oakland, Portland State University professor Nathan McClintock provides a historical explanation of how the rise of large-scale grocery retailers also resulted in a lack of food options in the country’s inner-city neighborhoods. At one point in our nation’s history, the corner market was ubiquitous, offering the ability to purchase fresh food for dinner on the way home from work. But the economics of grocery retail in the latter half of the 20th century resulted in chain supermarkets driving smaller grocers out of business while pursuing the wealthier customers who had moved out to the suburbs.
