Special documentary for Thursday, November 26, 2009 - The Culture of Food: DC Youth Explore The Healthy Food Crisis

On this Thanksgiving Day, many families are sitting down to a dinner made with fresh foods from a local grocery store.  Yet there are many communities where there is no local grocery.  And you don't have to look far. These places exist in cities all over the country.  Even in our nation's capital, there are huge sections of the city where fresh, nutrient-rich food is hard to find.

A group of young people from Washington DC decided to explore the potential causes of this deficit.  They investigated their own communities' access to healthy, affordable food.  Today's documentary, The Culture of Food, is produced by the youth media group, Radio Rootz.