Food Deserts /tags/food-deserts Food Deserts en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:11:06 GMT Austin and AG真人百家乐 County approve new plan aimed at making food access more equitable /austin/2024-10-30/austin-tx-travis-county-food-access-plan The new food plan looks to bring together community partners and stakeholders to implement better practices to divert food from landfills and to expand and improve food composting efforts. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:11:06 GMT /austin/2024-10-30/austin-tx-travis-county-food-access-plan Mason Rouser Lanzan Iniciativas Para Combatir La Falta De Acceso A Comida Fresca Y Saludable En El Este De Austin /en-espanol/2021-06-11/lanzan-iniciativas-combatir-falta-acceso-comida-fresca-saludable-este-austin El Programa Healthy Corner Stores, el cual se puso a prueba inicialmente en 2016, lanz贸 el mi茅rcoles en seis tiendas ubicadas en una parte del este de la ciudad conocida como Eastern Crescent para ayudar a cubrir la necesidad de acceso a alimentos saludables. Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:21:36 GMT /en-espanol/2021-06-11/lanzan-iniciativas-combatir-falta-acceso-comida-fresca-saludable-este-austin Sangita Menon Fresh Food Options Are Few And Far For Many In East Austin. City Leaders Want To Change That. /austin/2021-06-10/fresh-food-options-are-few-and-far-for-many-in-east-austin-city-leaders-want-to-change-that Austin's relaunched Healthy Corner Store Program brings healthy food options to convenience stores in the city's Eastern Crescent. And City Council Member Vanessa Fuentes wants a plan to bring food security and resiliency in the long run. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:09:08 GMT /austin/2021-06-10/fresh-food-options-are-few-and-far-for-many-in-east-austin-city-leaders-want-to-change-that Sangita Menon In A Fight For Healthier Food, Fort Worth Is Fending Off Dollar Stores /texas/2019-12-19/in-a-fight-for-healthier-food-fort-worth-is-fending-off-dollar-stores From Texas Standard:Earlier this year, Fort Worth Councilwoman Kelly Allen Gray noticed something unusual in her district. A lot of dollar stores were鈥� Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:24:24 GMT /texas/2019-12-19/in-a-fight-for-healthier-food-fort-worth-is-fending-off-dollar-stores Alexandra Hart In The Vastness Of West Texas, Causes Of Food Insecurity Vary By Where You Live /texas/2019-02-19/in-the-vastness-of-west-texas-causes-of-food-insecurity-vary-by-where-you-live From Texas Standard:Representatives from Texas food banks will gather at the Capitol on Tuesday to talk with legislators about food insecurity and lobby鈥� Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:56:50 GMT /texas/2019-02-19/in-the-vastness-of-west-texas-causes-of-food-insecurity-vary-by-where-you-live Morgan Kuehler In Families That Can鈥檛 Afford Much, Junk Food Is A Way To Say 'I Love You' /texas/2018-02-19/in-families-that-cant-afford-much-junk-food-is-a-way-to-say-i-love-you From Texas Standard.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly four of every ten adults in the U.S. are obese. Among children,鈥� Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:13:40 GMT /texas/2018-02-19/in-families-that-cant-afford-much-junk-food-is-a-way-to-say-i-love-you Alain Stephens | The Trace Why Is It So Hard to Get a Grocery Store in Del Valle? /business/2016-07-28/why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-a-grocery-store-in-del-valle For years, residents of Del Valle have been asking city leaders to bring a grocery store to their neighborhood. But it hasn鈥檛 happened. So why is it so鈥� Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:31:00 GMT /business/2016-07-28/why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-a-grocery-store-in-del-valle Syeda Hasan