Residents in some neighborhoods of Los Angeles live in food deserts, creating systematic barriers to healthy eating. The nonprofit organization Food Empowerment Project defines a “food desert ...

Nashville seeks community input to address food deserts affecting 40,000 residents as the Mayor's Office prepares to launch a campaign for innovative grocery solutions.

The 2025 Regional Food Summit focused on food access, highlighting local efforts to fight food deserts in southeastern North Carolina.

Nashville seeks community input to address food deserts affecting 40,000 residents as the Mayor's Office prepares to launch a campaign for innovative grocery solutions.

In fact, food deserts are most common in rural states, representing a problem I’d come to learn can unite rural and urban America. Nearly 54 million Americans —about one in six—live in food deserts, ...

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell has called for community feedback to tackle area food deserts.

Many food deserts are urban, low-income areas that do not provide incentive for grocers to open a new market in the neighborhood.

During a House Energy Committee hearing last week, Rep. John James (R-MI) asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about junk food & food deserts.

Some federal lawmakers are working to address food deserts, and they want to incentivize more businesses that offer healthy food to open up in those areas.