Food Desert /tags/food-desert Food Desert en-US Copyright Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:31:34 GMT Advocates raise concerns about food insecurity as emergency aid ends /health/2023-02-27/advocates-raise-concerns-about-food-insecurity-as-emergency-aid-ends "While FNS emergency payments are ending, the need is not," says NCDHHS's chief deputy secretary for opportunity and well-being. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:31:34 GMT /health/2023-02-27/advocates-raise-concerns-about-food-insecurity-as-emergency-aid-ends Jason deBruyn The Buffalo shooting shuttered Tops and left a food desert. Locals are stepping in /news/2022-05-19/the-buffalo-shooting-shuttered-tops-and-left-a-food-desert-locals-are-stepping-in Local organizations are behind food distributions in the East Side of Buffalo following the shooting at a Tops supermarket. Thu, 19 May 2022 09:00:04 GMT /news/2022-05-19/the-buffalo-shooting-shuttered-tops-and-left-a-food-desert-locals-are-stepping-in Jaclyn Diaz Return Of The Corner Store? Raleigh Officials Discuss Zoning Law Change /news/2021-09-13/return-of-the-corner-store-raleigh-officials-discuss-zoning-law-change City officials in Raleigh are discussing language changes to zoning laws that could bring back corner stores in some areas and help combat food deserts. Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:46:28 GMT /news/2021-09-13/return-of-the-corner-store-raleigh-officials-discuss-zoning-law-change Naomi P. Brown, Laura Pellicer Lion & Ingles & Harris, Oh My! NC Grocery Bonanza Blowout /business-economy/2020-12-07/lion-ingles-harris-oh-my-nc-grocery-bonanza-blowout Harris Teeter or Food Lion? Earth Fare or Ingles? Lowes Foods or Lowe’s lumber yard? Groceries matter a lot to North Carolinians. And for good reason —… Mon, 07 Dec 2020 18:03:05 GMT /business-economy/2020-12-07/lion-ingles-harris-oh-my-nc-grocery-bonanza-blowout Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao North Carolina’s HBCU Students Don’t Have Enough Access To Healthy Foods /education/2020-08-11/north-carolinas-hbcu-students-dont-have-enough-access-to-healthy-foods A new study shows that healthy food options are limited in the communities around each of the state’s 10 historically Black colleges and universities.… Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:00:40 GMT /education/2020-08-11/north-carolinas-hbcu-students-dont-have-enough-access-to-healthy-foods Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio NC Teens Grow Food, Faith And Focus On Cedar Grove Farm /science-technology/2020-07-07/nc-teens-grow-food-faith-and-focus-on-cedar-grove-farm Sankofa Farms was originally supposed to be a school garden in which middle school students could get away from the pressures of the classroom and get… Tue, 07 Jul 2020 15:50:00 GMT /science-technology/2020-07-07/nc-teens-grow-food-faith-and-focus-on-cedar-grove-farm Dana Terry