Many small rural towns such as Burlingame, Kansas (pictured) have no grocery stores. In Burlingame's case, the grocery store is substituted with a Dollar General store, which generally lacks essential groceries. The nearest grocery store from Burlingame, a Dillons Supermarket, is approximately 20.4 miles away near Topeka, Kansas. A food desert is an area that has limited access to food that is ple