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Photo: foodiesfeed / Freepik Lack of access to fresh foods, in areas called food deserts, is not a new problem, but it’s also not getting much better. In 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) identified more than 18 million people living in food deserts. Of those, only 1.4 million got access to a new supermarket…