Tuesday marked the first day of the Eastside Fresh Market, an oasis in the Oklahoma City community that has been known as a food desert.

Nearly 24 million Americans live in food deserts, low-income neighborhoods with no access to affordable, fresh, healthy food. As a result, people who live in these areas often have poor diets that ...

"Our desire is to have it developed." The south end neighborhoods are considered a "food desert," a designation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for areas that lack easy access to a grocery ...

United Against Poverty (UAP) has unveiled a new refrigerated truck to help bring food into Central Florida food deserts. The ...

The Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act would provide incentives to food providers to expand access to healthy foods in underserved communities and reduce the number of food deserts nationwide.

For the past two decades, residents of Indian Head, Maryland, had to travel almost 10 miles to pick up their essential ...