Last year, I’ve read in the Lehigh newspaper that Bethlehem was in a food desert, having multiple signs of food insecurity in the area. This was found through a graduate class that conducted multiple studies and interviews in the city. As I read more from the entry, I was shocked to hear the info, to learn that people would have drive to nearby towns just to make a decent meal. Then I remembered going to Ahart’s before, and seeing that the store was much smaller than Giant or Walmart and was limited in the produce aisle. After that point in mind, I wanted to find a way to document this problem, to get more attention toward for this.
To do so, I am going to interview the professor who helped created the reports of the food insecurity, talk to residents who are currently facing this issue as well as students, and listen to local programs who are trying to stop the food insecurity in Bethlehem.