Hunts Point Produce Market, located in the South Hunts Bronx, receives premium fruits and vegetables daily from 49 states and 55 countries, and provides 60 percent of New York City's produce. Every day a fleet of trucks delivers the market's fresh food throughout the five boroughs, yet only a miniscule amount gets distributed to the South Bronx, a community underserved by traditional supermarkets and green grocers. This article discusses several city programs that are improving healthy food access in areas like the South Bronx and suggests improvements for greater impactful change.

Actor and humanitarian Wendell Pierce talks about his new fresh and wholesome grocery store named Sterling Farms in a radio interview with blackamericaweb.com. Located in his hometown of New Orleans, Pierce is hoping to revitalize the local economy and bring the community together. 

ChangeLab Solutions developed “Food as a Catalyst for Change,” a case study exploring efforts to rebuild the food system in Birmingham. Learn about local efforts to build healthy food enterprises in the region and to glean lessons for other cities and towns.

Limited retail access to healthy foods affects the dietary patterns and health outcomes of many Americans.  In this webinar, speakers discuss how new research and evaluation practices are helping to generate innovative solutions that stimulate change in local communities. * Sign up here to be alerted when the new Grocery Gap is released.

Strengthening Detroit Voices is an initiative of Fair Food Network that elevates the issues and work surrounding healthy food access in Detroit to inform public policy so that a more sustainable food system can be realized, particularly for our most vulnerable children and families. Together they are empowering the Detroit community to advocate for policies at the local, state, and national level.This video introduces the vision and innovative work of individuals and organizations involved at the grassroots level to effect change.

This report examines the pilot season of Arcadia’s Mobile Market through a quantitative analysis of its operations and sales, as well as qualitative assessment of how well the program achieved its mission-driven goals. It includes the basic business plan, day-to-day operations, capital campaign and general operating budgets, and future plans for Arcadia’s Mobile Market.

State officials are launching a pilot program to encourage food stamp recipients to eat more fruits and vegetables. Starting in June, food stamp customers at select grocery stores in Minnesota will get a $5 coupon for fruits and vegetables. They'll be able to use that coupon during their next visit to the grocery store. Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson expects the incentive will encourage people to try produce they haven't tried before.

This report assesses and graphically depicts walkable access to healthy food retailers in Philadelphia for 2010 and 2012. It focuses additional attention on low‐income neighborhoods in which residents may have the fewest resources to purchase healthy foods and/or to travel to distant retailers. This analysis includes supermarkets, corner stores, convenience stores, farmers’ markets, and produce carts. Based on published research, each food retailer is assigned a score and service area reflecting its relative size, operating hours, and the availability and quantity of healthy foods for purchase.

Cohosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Food Trust, a meeting was held to address the role of supermarkets in providing access to healthy affordable foods in communities and the role they play in reversing childhood obesity in lower - income and multi- ethnic communities.  The three goals of the meeting were to: 1) Connect (explore strategies that would help promote healthier diets for children and their familes) 2) Co - Create (generate and combine ideas for effective marketing strategies that would help consumers make healthier choices while meeting retailers' and manufacturers' business goals) 3) Contine (promote collaboration between food retailers and manufacturers and spread approaches that encourage healthy eating).