Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of people across Greater Akron are living in food deserts, where residents lack affordable fresh food and reliable ...

ILSR created an interactive map showing how close Americans live to affordable grocery stores and highlighting the growing spread of food deserts. The group links food deserts and high prices to ...

With several leading grocery chains on board, first lady Michelle Obama has embarked on a campaign to bring healthy food to the country's "food deserts." These are areas where residents lack easy ...

Current food desert patterns mirror 1930s redlining maps, with formerly redlined areas 107% to 149% more likely to be food deserts today. Health consequences can be severe and living in a food desert ...

We talk a lot about eating healthier - more greens, less sugar, fewer processed foods. But what if access to those healthier choices isn't actually a choice for everyone? Obesity is an increasingly ...

Food insecurity may seem to many of us like a problem for someone else, somewhere else. For others, it is an urgent and very personal worry. A map produced by the Institute for Local Self Reliance ...