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Wal-Mart Could Be Oasis in Food Deserts
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Guest contributorFarmers markets are not the answer to delivering fruits and veggies to the large number of consumers of poor and moderate means in so-called food deserts, according to Sallie James, an agricultural trade policy analyst with the Cato Institute. The answer is found in the unrivaled distribution system of Wal-Mart Stores.