Jacksonville’s Northside faces food desert challenges, but hope emerges with new grocery store offering fresh options They discussed topics like senior hunger, childhood nutrition, urban ...

Although our farm is within Jackson city limits, parts of the city are considered a food desert. That means people ... but we are the largest urban farm in Mississippi. It’s one thing growing ...

An estimated 53.6 million people, or 17.4% of the U.S. population, live in low-income and low-access areas that are more than half a mile away from the nearest supermarket in urban areas or 10 ...

The conversation to build the East Missoula Community Garden began out of necessity, driven by the fact that the area is a food desert with no grocery stores nearby. To reach the nearest grocery ...

Study results also showed that the individuals who live in food desert are at an elevated risk for obesity. Together, these findings suggest that Americans who either do not have enough to eat or live ...

The Houston Food Bank and Plant it Forward, a nonprofit farming organization, pitched the idea of exempting urban farms from water fees to the Houston City Council's resilience committee on Thursday.

East Oakland is a USDA-designated food desert, meaning many residents lack ... Her answer to that question eventually became Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project. Watch Kelly’s story ...