A study found many La Crosse families are living without
access to a healthy food source.
a food desert.
This means the neighborhood's population is at least
20 percent below the poverty level.
and is located more than a mile away from access to
A food desert also includes low income residents without
access to a vehicle.
Researchers say the neighborhood isn't the only problem
area in La Crosse.
There's actually another food desert that has been
identified in La Crosse around UW campus, and in the
marsh area .
In that area, some people the lower northside of La
Crosse probably has similar demographics but just
didn't make the definition.
Out of more than 2-thousand households surveyed.
almost 14 percent were food insecure and living with