Silver is a whitish precious metal and has been used since about 4000 BC for various purposes such as money, silverware, jewelry and so on. Silver is measured in troy ounces. A troy ounce is 31.10348 grams.
Food Desert Locator from the USDA. GoodFood World Staff, May 4th, 2011. The official definition of a food desert is a low income census tract where at least a third of the residents are a mile from a supermarket or large grocery store.
A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one third of the land surface of the world is arid or semi-arid. This includes much of the polar regions where little precipitation occurs and which are sometimes called polar deserts or cold deserts. Deserts can be classified by the amount of