food desert

If you follow State of Opportunity regularly, then you know we've talked quite a bit about food deserts – places where fresh fruits and vegetables are in…

More than 43 million Americans receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - formerly known as food stamps. And many of these…

Almost 25 million people in the U.S. live in food deserts. These are neighborhoods with limited access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food sources.…

How close do you live to the nearest grocery store? I live within ten minutes of at least three chain grocery stores: Kroger, Meijer and Walmart. But…

There's an idea that's taken hold in the past few years about why it is that poor people, on average, eat less healthy food and have higher rates of…