Hers explores what food deserts are, how they get that way, and how you can take action-whether you live in one or not.

For example, the Atlanta Local Food Initiative is taking on the economic, environmental and health issues of food deserts all at once. ... In 2006, Minneapolis was almost 50 percent food desert, ...

For example, while only 1.5 percent of households in wealthy, suburban Monied ‘Burbs were located in food deserts, a much higher 4.2 percent of those homes in Evangelical Epicenters were in a ...

ANNAPOLIS—Food deserts are a significant issue in Maryland — but ... there is no all-encompassing definition of what constitutes a food desert. Baltimore provides a perfect example of the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food desert locator, for example — unveiled in 2011 — found almost no food deserts in New York City except in some of the wide-open spaces near Kennedy ...

(Food deserts were not, by the way, a consequence of suburbanization and white flight, as some observers have suggested. By 1970, more Americans already lived in suburbs than in cities.

Detroit People’s Food Co-op, opening later this year in a food desert, is an example of a community-driven project. (Courtesy DPFC) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free ...

5. Most food deserts are bad for your health in other ways, too. Low-income neighborhoods increase stress levels. Food deserts are statistically lower in income, safety, and even green spaces in which ...

An example of food insecurity or lack of food access? The Statesman spoke to professors and local policy leaders to understand what we know and don’t know about Del Valle’s relationship to food.

Food deserts, defined "as urban neighborhoods and rural towns without ready access to fresh, healthy, ... A 2013 RAND study, for example, ...

And food deserts aren't just a problem of convenience: ... (Compared with, for example, a Whole Foods opening in an affluent neighborhood, where the chain can sell more marked up items.) ...

The word “desert” brings to mind barren landscapes devoid of life — an image many consider the complete opposite of Washington, D.C.’s bustling streets and vibrant communities. Nonetheless, food ...