if you live in lambert and you need groceries, your only option is this convenience store.the day we were here, there were no fresh fruits or vegetables, a few cold cuts, and the prices were high. the department of agriculture says 23.5 million americans, including 6.5 million children live in low income areas more than a mile from a supermarket . life long resident jennifer hoskins says it's not easy to find healthy food for her family >> it's really hard. when i was coming up we had greens and gardens and all that. now you have to buy produce. so it's real hard for the kids. the majority of them they eat like pizzas and that's obesity. >> reporter: like so many delta town, lambert was once the heart of a thriving farming community. most of its residents are african american and and descendants of sharecroppers. as farm workers were replaced by machines, many found work in nearby textile mills, but over the past decade, those jobs have also dried up . today nearly half the town lives below the federal poverty line. >> first everything was here, we even had dry goods stores