In that sense, food deserts aren't any different than any other market. Putting in health and banking services helps both the community, but it's also good for business, Lempert says.

Food swamps have more outlets selling less nutritious foods — such as fast food and snacks — than outlets selling more nutritious, minimally processed options.

One example emerged this summer in Chicago when Walgreens, the drugstore chain founded in that city more than 100 years ago, started selling an expanded selection of food, including fresh fruits ...

A group of West Virginia University students is addressing the growing problem of “food deserts” in the state, as the combination of a declining rural population and below-average income have ...

In Philadelphia, a fourth-generation supermarket owner has gone where others have feared to tread: food deserts, low-income neighborhoods that have no direct access to a real grocery store. The ...