Category: Refrigerated Vehicles | Comments Off on Electric Refrigerated Vans: Offering Access to Healthy Foods in Urban Neighborhoods
Posted by Rachel Perkins | September 26, 2019 | Tags: food deserts, refrigeration, urban, city, low income, nutrition, temperature sensitive, delivery vehicle, electric, eco-friendly, sustainable, fresh, healthy food, access, food delivery, FSMA, Food Safety Modernization Act, FDA, cargo, environmentally friendly, green, temperature controlled, refrigerated van, refer van, groceries, goods, perishable, produce
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…
