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Rural Food Deserts Grow With Closing of Jesup's Only Grocery Store
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Rural Food Deserts Grow With Closing of Jesup's Only Grocery Store

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Descripción de Rural Food Deserts Grow With Closing of Jesup's Only Grocery Store

The city of Jesup's only grocery store is set to close next month, leaving more than 2,700 people without a primary resource for fresh food in their community. On this edition of River to River , host Ben Kieffer talks with Jennifer Zwagerman, Associate Director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center, about how the closing of Jesup's only grocery store is indicative of a larger trend. Zwagerman says that recent grocery store losses in rural communities across Iowa are a serious concern, both in terms of nutrition and food access and for the broader social and economic health of these communities. Also on the program: Iowa Statehouse reporter Caroline Cummings gives updates from the Iowa state legislature. Zachary Oren Smith, reporter at the Iowa City Press-Citizen, shares about the recent purchase of two mobile home parks in Iowa City and West Branch by Havenpark Capital, a Utah-based company known for raising rents by over 50%. IPR's Clay Masters reflects on the life and continuing

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