Martinko, K. (2018, October 11). Forget food deserts. we need to talk about food mirages. Treehugger.
The article provides information on why many people living in the United States and Canada have no access to healthy fresh food on a regular basis. It presents that the core problem is not poverty or physical distance of shops, but unaffordable grocery stores that are expensive for many people.
Paulsen, S. T. (2017, April 5). The depressing truth about Hipster Food Towns. Mother Jones.
Borah Gilfillan lives between Brooklyn’s first Trader Joe’s and its flagship Whole Foods. By using the case of Deborah Gilfillan, the article explains that food mirage, which is a term describing the place that is surrounded by expensive and fancy stores or restaurants but without cheap but healthy food products. It shows that non-profit grocery stores and the Department of Agriculture could not solved the problem.
Sun, W. (2016, June 22). Food Mirages just as dangerous as deserts: Study. Winnipegsun.
The article demonstrates the study that mapped 73 supermarkets in Winnipig, finding that almost 120 000 people live in “unsupportive” food places or food desserts. It highlights the importance of solving this socioeconomic issue, showing the worst food desert neighborhoods.
Sunday, C. (2021, August 28). Understanding food deserts and mirages. Nature’s Path.
It explains the difference of food desert and food marriage. Food desert is having no access to affordable and healthy food options, while food mirage is having enough places of healthy food nearby but they are not affordable.
Jonson, L. (2016). Choosing and siting food access interventions: Food mirages and produce stands in Portland, Oregon. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 1–16.
The study examines food mirage by looking at the coverage of grocery stores in Portland. It suggests produce stands as a pedestrian-scale approach to mitigate gaps in grocery store accessibility for those without transportation.
Ong, V., Skinner, K., & Minaker, L. M. (2021). Life Stories of Food Agency, Health, and resilience in a rapidly gentrifying urban centre: Building a multidimensional concept of Food Access. Social Science & Medicine, 280, 114074.
It analyzes food access, food security, health, and gentrification in urban center of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada by using semi-structured interviews with 20 low-income, longtime residents and five informants. The study provides insights on how diverse priorities of individuals influence food access under gentrification.
Sullivan, D. M. (2014). From Food Desert to Food Mirage: Race, social class, and food shopping in a gentrifying neighborhood. Advances in Applied Sociology, 04(01), 30–35.
It examines the food shopping behavior of different residents by applying survey data and probability sampling in the Alberta neighborhood in Portland, Oregon (USA). The findings demonstrate that college-educated (62%) and white residents (60%) are prone to shop there weekly, regardless of any racial, social or physical conditions.