The U.S. Supreme Court this week scheduled a hearing on April 22 about an important case for policies to address the adequacy of food retail...

The United States has a largely automobile-centered approach to grocery shopping. Most Americans shop at their primary retailer using their ...

Many people feel that low-income neighborhoods have less access to supermarkets than other neighborhoods do. In research published recentl...

I enjoyed this video for sharp writing, clarity of data presentation, and measured tone. While still relying on economic markets for a thr...

Some amazing good things are happening in Detroit's food system. Betti Wiggins, Director of Nutrition Services for Detroit Public Scho...

USDA's Economic Research Service has long published a well-known graphic illustrating the food value chain as a dollar bill, with each ...

Recently, I was in the market for a good layperson's summary of the environmental impact of food choices.  The one I liked best so far w...

A Choices Magazine theme issue released today explores the economics of food deserts. Guest editors Dave D. Weatherspoon, Shelly Ver Ploe...

Gina Kolata in the New York Times this week cast doubt on claims that supermarket deserts contribute to the obesity epidemic.  The start of...

While in Chicago this month for an AAEA-sponsored session of the main annual meeting of economists, I took a long walk through the South Sid...

Colleagues in the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and its European sister organization are organizing an upcoming work...

The Hill District of Pittsburgh has long struggled to attract a supermarket.  It is a true food desert, very poor, heavily burdened by empty...

Continuing this week's coverage of food deserts, the First Lady, several leading retail chains, and the Partnership for a Healthier Amer...

USDA's new Food Desert Locator offers a lot to think about.  At least in U.S. cities, I think the reaction of many viewers will be surp...

The website MuckRock has posted a remarkable data set showing SNAP (food stamp) purchase amounts at individual Massachusetts retailers.  A...

A new study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association shows that many grocery and restaurant foods understate their food energy (...

In the most recent edition of her Home Ec column at the Faster Times , Sarah Sliwa considers Mark Bittman's vision of how on-line shopp...

A new study (.pdf) from King County (Seattle), Washington, looks into some of the leading concerns in national discussions of local food re...

Just 2.2% of U.S. households both lack a car and live more than a mile from a supermarket, USDA estimated in a much anticipated report to ...

Massachusetts joined New York and California passing legislation to provide consumers the calorie information for the food they are purchasi...