ButterfieldFoodDesert
25 FEBRUARY 2020 - BUTTERFIELD, MINNESOTA: Advertisements in the window at the True Value Hardware Store in Butterfield, MN, a farming community of about 500 people 130 miles southwest of the Twin Cities. The town has been a "food desert" for 10 years after its only grocery store closed in 2010. Barb Mathistad Warner and Mark Warner purchased the True Value store in Butterfield in December, 2018 and started selling groceries in the store in May, 2019. For residents of Butterfield going to a grocery store meant driving 10 miles to St. James, MN, or 20 miles to Windom, MN, the two nearest communities with grocery stores. The USDA defines rural food deserts as having at least 500 people in a census tract living 10 miles from a large grocery store or supermarket. There is a convenience store in Butterfield, but it sells mostly heavily processed, unhealthy snack foods that are high in fat, sugar, and salt. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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- © 2020 John Kurtz
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- Upper Midwest of the US
