ILSR created an interactive map showing how close Americans live to affordable grocery stores and highlighting the growing ...

An interactive map of neighborhoods lacking easy access to fresh food was released late last month. Ohio — as well as every ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lawmakers are considering a new measure to nourish areas across the state where families face significant challenges in obtaining fresh and healthy groceries. During the most recent ...

At the Ohio Statehouse, a rare bipartisan team-up is trying something small, cheap and very local to take a bite out of the state’s food deserts.

City officials announced Monday, Feb. 9, plans to combat food insecurity by preventing more grocery store and pharmacy ...

For many Black communities across America, accessing fresh and nutritious food isn’t simply about personal choice — it’s about overcoming environmental barriers that have been systematically created ...

Milwaukee leaders unveiled a proposal for a $1 million fund on Monday, Feb. 9, to help neighborhood grocery stores remain ...

Natalie Espinoza and her team are packing up food boxes for delivery in a nearby community. “On Mondays and Tuesdays, we build our no-cost grocery program boxes,” Natalie Espinoza, the associate ...

While some other neighborhoods in the region are relative food deserts, Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe’s are only two ...

Food deserts have long affected predominantly Black communities throughout the United States. Although there have been efforts to change that, it remains a major ...

Food deserts are areas where nutritious food is unaffordable or inaccessible in necessary quantities. A recent study by researchers from the University of Adelaide and the University of Nottingham, ...