New research from Tufts University and a USDA economist published by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Review casts doubt on the popular theory surrounding so-called food deserts in the
Having saturated the rural landscape, shuttering local stores in small town America along the way, now, in the wake of stagnant sales and increased competition, Walmart desperately needs to expand
A new Internet-based mapping tool pinpoints the location of what the U.S. government calls “food deserts.”
The online Food Desert Locator, developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday that the agency was awarding grants to end hunger in America.
According to a press release, USDA will invest in research,
Residents of urban food deserts, typically low income neighborhoods, have to deal with limited healthy food choices, in addition to perhaps more obvious disadvantages of life there. A food desert
On Monday Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) introduced legislation to combat ‘food deserts’ prevalent throughout urban and rural communities across the United States.
A food desert