Nearly 24 million Americans live in food deserts, low-income neighborhoods with no access to affordable, fresh, healthy food. As a result, people who live in these areas often have poor diets that ...

The Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act would provide incentives to food providers to expand access to healthy foods.

Food deserts are geographic areas where residents do not have access to supermarkets or grocery stores. Using a national sample of adults across the United States, the UTSA researchers learned that ...

Akron Beacon Journal reporter Tawney Beans and photojournalist Mike Cardew spent the past year delving into Akron's food deserts and ... they also introduced us to numerous community volunteers ...

Bill incentivizes grocers and non-profits to fulfill demand for healthy groceries in rural and urban areas ~ WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Shelley Moore Capito ...

Have you ever lived in a food desert? Residents living in these areas have limited access to healthy, affordable food options ...

The USDA defines food deserts as low-income communities where a significant portion of the population lives more than a mile ...

City leaders say they’re taking steps to address the food deserts. A food desert is defined as an area without access to fresh food within a mile, and most people living there are low-income.

A plan to develop orchards across the city to help ease the problem of food deserts has seen some of its funding pruned, though organizers are moving ahead.

The board members below were selected from 82 applicants. The city council also approved a resolution addressing food deserts across the city. Food deserts are places where people have a hard time ...