This study by examines the correlation between the health of nearly 40,000 Californians and the mix of retail food outlets near their homes. The key finding is that people living in neighborhoods crowded with fast-food and convenience stores but relatively few grocery or produce outlets are at significantly higher risk of suffering from obesity and diabetes.

More than a third of Baltimore neighborhoods don't have ready access to healthy foods, leaving one in five residents to rely on high-fat, high-calorie meals from corner stores and carryout restaurants, a new assessment shows. City officials and other groups already are launching programs to provide healthier eating options for Baltimoreans.

The Baltimore Food Policy Initiative is an inter-governmental collaboration with the Department of Planning, Baltimore Office of Sustainability, Baltimore Development Corporation and the Baltimore City Health Department. The goal of BFPI is to increase access to healthy and affordable foods in Baltimore City food deserts. BFPI is doing this through a holistic and comprehensive food systems approach.

M. Gallagher coined the now-popular term "food desert." At the Consumer Cooperative Management Association 2011 conference, M. Gallagher shares some of her ideas for solutions that food co-ops can create.

The Denver Food Access Task Force released this report, which outlines policy recommendations to improve access to affordable, healthy food and stimulate economic development in Denver and throughout Colorado.

Common Market connects wholesale customers to farmers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware by marketing and distributing good food to schools, hospitals, grocers and workplaces. This video talks about the food hub and its benefits to the local community.

Mayor Sheila Dixon convened a Food Policy Task Force to develop recommendations to increase access to and consumption of healthy foods citywide. The Task Force was led by the Baltimore City Department of Planning and the Baltimore City Health Department. These are their recommendations.