Landry Vetoes Bill Requiring State Ag Officials To Act Against Food Deserts

No word yet as to whether lawmakers will try to override Gov. Jeff Landry's veto of a bill addressing so-called food deserts in Louisiana.

The House and Senate overwhelmingly passed the bill requiring the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to set up a financing program to provide grants and loans to retailers of healthy food.

The Louisiana Food Bank Association says one out of every seven Louisiana residents lives in a food desert, defined by federal officials as a place that doesn't have a large food retailer within ten miles.