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

Urban food deserts may not always be completely void of food access, but having many options for food around you does not always include healthy food access. For example, living within walking ...

"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 ...

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

Whether speaking to residents, groups trying to help or grocery industry experts, everyone agrees the way to combat food deserts is as steadfast as it is simple — open a grocery store.

City leaders are working to bring this much-needed resource to the area, which currently faces a food desert. The community center serves 40,000 prepared meals each month to East End residents and ...