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July 8, 2020, Jewell, Iowa, U.S: CRAIG ANDERSON, a butcher and the former owner of Jewell Market, cuts meat behind the meat counter in the grocery store he used to own. Anderson owned the only grocery store in Jewell, a small community in central Iowa, and closed it in 2019. The store served four communities within a 20 mile radius of Jewell. Some of the town‘s residents created a cooperative to reopen the store. They sold shares to the co-op and held fundraisers through the spring. Organizers raised about $225,000, bought the store from Anderson and reopened it July 8. Before the reopening, Jewell had been a ‘‘food desert‘‘ for seven months. 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 Jewell, but it sells mostly heavily processed, unhealthy snack foods that are high in fat, sugar, and salt. (Credit Image: © Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Wire)、クレジット:©Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Wire/共同通信イメージズ
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New Grocery Store Brings New Hope to Small Town
July 8, 2020, Jewell, Iowa, U.S: CRAIG ANDERSON, a butcher and the former owner of Jewell Market, cuts meat behind the meat counter in the grocery store he used to own. Anderson owned the only grocery store in Jewell, a small community in central Iowa, and closed it in 2019. The store served four communities within a 20 mile radius of Jewell. Some of the town‘s residents created a cooperative to reopen the store. They sold shares to the co-op and held fundraisers through the spring. Organizers raised about $225,000, bought the store from Anderson and reopened it July 8. Before the reopening, Jewell had been a ‘‘food desert‘‘ for seven months. 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 Jewell, but it sells mostly heavily processed, unhealthy snack foods that are high in fat, sugar, and salt. (Credit Image: © Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Wire)、クレジット:©Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Wire/共同通信イメージズ WEB不可