Articles tagged as: food deserts
February 1, 2021
More Than A Quarter of Black Hoosiers Stranded in Food Deserts
Food deserts exist across Indiana -- from large swaths of Gary to parts of Posey, Greene and Crawford counties farther south. And a new study from SAVI at IUPUI shows that more than a quarter of Black Hoosiers live in food deserts -- low-income areas without easy access to a supermarket.
Read MoreDecember 30, 2020
New Program Helps People With Diabetes Eat Healthy
In Indiana, hundreds of thousands of people lack easy access to grocery stores. Many more can't afford to buy healthy food, and that's a problem for anyone with diabetes.
Read MoreDecember 23, 2019
Farmer Opens Grocery Store In Near Eastside
The Healthy Harvest Market at Brookside is opening near East 10th and North Rural streets in a building that used to house Pogues Run Grocer.
Read MoreDecember 18, 2019
Lyft Grocery Access Program Expands In Indy
Indianapolis is expanding a pilot program that increases food access by providing car-share rides. The Lyft Grocery Access Program will now be offered to near northwest side residents.
Read MoreDecember 4, 2019
Polis Center Researchers Explain Analysis Of Food Accessibility Data
Polis Center researchers tracked food accessibility trends and found 10 percent more people live in a food desert than did in 2016.
Read MoreNovember 27, 2019
New Report Shows 208,000 Indianapolis Residents Live In Food Deserts
The number of grocery stores in Indianapolis has increased in the past year, but so has the number of people living in food deserts, according to a new report from SAVI.
Read MoreNovember 5, 2019
Nearly 200,000 Residents in Marion County Are Hungry. What's The Solution?
About one in every five Marion County residents live in a food desert -- an estimated 196,000 people in the county.
Read MoreJuly 31, 2019
The First Food Truck Of Its Kind Hits The Road In Indianapolis This Week
The first food truck in the Midwest run by young adults with different intellectual and developmental disabilities hits the roads in Indianapolis this week.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2019
Lawmakers Hesitant On Healthy Food Financing Bill
The bill would provide grants or loans to projects like food markets, farms or distribution initiatives to address healthy food access in underserved communities.
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2018
Lake County Group Gets $226K To Address Food Deserts
The USDA says Lake County has 24 food deserts and 14 of them are in Gary.
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