Despite over 20 grocery stores in Brunswick County, many rural residents live in food deserts. A 2022 county assessment identified access to affordable, nutritional food as a priority. Some residents ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Food deserts are becoming more rampant across the United States, according to a new report from the Institute ...

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 ...

A new study from University of Florida food economists has found that building dollar stores may create food deserts in specific city environments, while having no impact on grocery access when they ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) - In a region known for beaches, tourism and rapid growth, many families in Southwest Florida are struggling to put food on the table. In some neighborhoods, access to fresh ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released new dietary guidelines for Americans from 2025-2030, Jan. 7, unveiling an updated food ...

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 ...

How fun it must be to spend other people’s hard-earned money. That’s the position government leaders find themselves in day in and day out as they make decisions about what to spend our tax dollars on ...