Something really special happened on South Main Street in Butler Saturday morning.

A DG Market — offering fresh produce, meat and an expanded grocery section — opened its doors, ending the City of Butler’s days as a total food desert.

That is not a small thing these days.

In January, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, which serves Butler County, said, “hunger doesn’t exist in isolation — it’s woven into a complex web of poverty, policy and systemic inequities. With prices remaining at extreme inflated levels, thousands of our neighbors are struggling and need help to make ends meet. In fact, nearly half of the population nationwide is just a $400 emergency away from needing help with food.”

The major impacts of living in a food desert tend to affect the most vulnerable among u

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