Can Low-Income Americans Afford a Healthy Diet?
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/November08/Features/AffordHealthyDiet.htm
Discusses how low-income households tend to consume less nutritious diets than other households, and they do not meet Federal recommendations for consumption of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products.
Organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 11 / 2008
Journal: Amber Waves

Concentrated Rural Poverty and the Geography of Exclusion
http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/PB-Lichter-Parisi.pdf
Reports that social exclusion and isolation in poor communities often reinforce racial and class inequality.
Organization: Carsey Institute
Date: 2008
Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update

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