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25 million people across the country live in food deserts — or what LA activist Olympia Auset calls food apartheid. People in these areas have easy access to junk food, liquor stores, and fast-food chains. But as Auset puts it if, "you want an organic avocado or tomato you'll be hard pressed to find it.” Auset is changing that with SuprMarkt, a pop-up grocery store that makes healthy food choices an affordable, realistic option for underrepresented communities.  Auset talks to us about her personal journey — how becoming vegan helped her see just how few healthy food options her community had.  Key moments from the show In South LA only 60 grocery stores serve over a million people, while in the highly gentrified west side there are about 50 stores for half that population.  Food deserts aren’t only food deserts. There are design deserts, entrepreneurship deserts, and so on. Auset tells us why she feels food apartheid is a more fitting term than food desert. Auset started SuprMarkt with less than $100 and little to no experience. Find out the one key thing she did have that drove her to succeed.  Living in South Central Los Angeles makes you 2 to 3 times more susceptible to a preventable disease, like heart disease and diabetes. All because of the lack of healthy food options.  Find out what food Auset calls God’s soda can Links mentioned in the show SuprMarkt: https://suprmarkt.la Keep Slauson Fresh campaign: https://suprmarkt.la/ksf  SuprFest: suprfest.com Food Inc. documentary - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/ Forks Over Knives - https://www.forksoverknives.com What the Health - https://www.whatthehealthfilm.com We have more on Olympia on our website. Got input, comments, questions, or advice? Email us at feedback@unwastedpodcast.com.  Like what you heard? We'd love for you to share it with friends, and, of course, give us a review! Theme Music by:  JK_Production007 / Envato Market