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 ...

Beacon Journal reporter Tawney Beans and photojournalist Mike Cardew spent a year delving into Akron's food deserts.

Food deserts are areas that have a high percentage of people who don’t have access to healthy food, either due to low income, ...

"The simulation project will inform how best to sequence and integrate efforts to move the needle on some of the most intractable factors shaping food deserts." The researchers know, for example, that ...

Often referred to as a food desert, Jacksonville’s northside has long struggled with a lack of healthy food options.

The 2024 total was a 10.6% increase from 2023. About 60% of the region is classified as a food desert where access to food is a significant barrier, according to LeBer. It costs $100,000 a year ...