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Atlantic City is one of the epicenters for food insecurity in New Jersey. A 2022 study by the New Jersey Economic and Development Authority listed city residents living in the second-worst “food desert” region in the state…. A quantitative study on Atlantic City’s food insecurity crisis by the regional think tank South Jersey Forward found that the overall satisfaction with the quality of food and produce in Atlantic City was “poor.” The study also found that residents had never heard of alternatives such as mobile food trucks, and most had to rely on public transportation to reach supermarkets outside of the city to find quality food products.