The organization works to promote policies that address childhood obesity. Their website contains a collection of resources related to healthy food access.

State lawmakers are revealing a new plan to end rising obesity rates in Tennessee. They want to fight fat by bringing more supermarkets to the state.

A list of ten merchandising tips to help maximize the potential sales of healthy foods.

This report provides case studies of two cities—Detroit and Oakland—that are taking innovative steps to repair their food delivery networks. PolicyLink and Michigan State University collaborated to chronicle the efforts of residents and activists, the challenges they face, and the solutions they have developed.

Minneapolis' Powderhorn community residents have started a group called The Carrot Initiative to push for more fresh food in their neighborhood. The group put a $5000 deposit on an old Furniture Liquidators building in order to hold space for a potential grocer. The neighborhood is one of a few officially-recognized food deserts in south Minneapolis.

The Food Trust strives to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food. Representatives from the group briefed the Governor’s Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture about Maryland’s food deserts and the resulting healthy food financing initiative. Food deserts have been identified in rural areas, like Dorchester County, as well as urban areas, like Baltimore City.

An article discussing the important implications of quality food sources in low-income and rural neighborhoods. Provides justification on the importance of access to healthy food as a measure of quality of life.

Houston doesn't have nearly enough grocery stores: That's the startling, stark conclusion of The Food Trust's new report "Food for Every Child." And without those stores, our neighborhoods and our health are suffering.

Within the next year or so, three big-box grocery stores are expected to open within just a couple of miles of downtown. HEB, Kroger and Wal-Mart stores will soon serve the Montrose area and the Washington Avenue Corridor. But those stores will do nothing to fix what has become a serious problem here — food deserts.

Focus Points Family Resource Center has started a shuttle for residents in a north Denver food desert to improve their access to a local grocery store. The shuttle is designed to pick up residents at several places in the Globeville and Elyria Swansea neighborhoods and take them to a Sunnyside grocery store.