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The 2024 AGIC Education and Training Symposium will be held in Prescott, Arizona at the Prescott Resort and Conference Center on August 27 - August 30, 2024.  Registration is now open, with early bird registration rates available until July 26th.  Visit the symposium website for registration details and other information.

 

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Using Local Knowledge to Better Map Food Deserts

Mapping and understanding food deserts is important if we are to understand how best to tackle the lack of healthy food options in the United States. However, this is more than simply putting dots on a map of where food stores and consumers are. Integrating spatial data with subject-derived knowledge might be the key.

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