Articles
Introduction: Food Deserts
Food deserts – or food apartheid, as some frame this issue – have profound effects on the health and economic activity of a community.
Links & Resources: Food Deserts
A collection of reports and multimedia that discuss food access, community health and policy.
Market Makeovers: Greening the Food Desert
An extensive online toolkit walks readers through the process of bringing healthier food choices to small corner stores.
Organizations: Food Deserts
Research institutions, nonprofits and programs that work to build equitable food systems in food desert regions in the Unites States.
USDA Economic Research Service Interactive Research Maps
Explore visual data on community proximity to grocery stores, income levels, food prices, sales tax, and other socioeconomic factors of food access.