Tackling the problem of food deserts has been embraced by the federal government and many local governments. The federal government has handed out more than $500 million in recent years to help encourage grocery stores to locate in places they had avoided. Many states and cities have their own programs, aimed at getting more grocery stores and farmer's markets into poor neighborhoods where the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables is low and obesity rates tend to be high. 1. Read Giving the Poor Easy Access to Healthy Food Doesn't Mean They'll Buy It.pdfDownload Giving the Poor Easy Access to Healthy Food Doesn't Mean They'll Buy It.pdf 2. While incentivizing more grocery stores to open in these underserved neighborhoods may be important, what are some of the arguments presented that counter the general argument that lack of access to nutritional food is the issue