/tags/food-deserts food deserts en-US Copyright Wed, 11 Sep 2024 07:55:00 GMT /environment/2024-09-11/lierers-market-northside-sustainability Lierer’s Market opened in March with bulk refill items like rice, beans, pasta, coffee, shampoo, and household cleaners. Wed, 11 Sep 2024 07:55:00 GMT /environment/2024-09-11/lierers-market-northside-sustainability Becca Costello /show/cincinnati-edition/2022-08-23/avondale-grocery-store-last-mile-food-rescue Last Mile Food Rescue fights hunger by transporting excess, perishable food to nonprofit organizations to serve their clients. This summer, the organization found a way to get the food directly to neighbors who need it. Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2022-08-23/avondale-grocery-store-last-mile-food-rescue /community/2020-12-10/new-investment-in-improving-health-outcomes-and-opportunities-in-avondale The neighborhood of Avondale has been without a grocery, making it a food desert, since Aldi closed in 2008. But big changes are underway in the community… Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:01:00 GMT /community/2020-12-10/new-investment-in-improving-health-outcomes-and-opportunities-in-avondale Michael Monks /local-news/2020-09-14/a-fruitful-effort-is-happening-near-cincinnatis-food-deserts A Cincinnati man is on a mission to plant 100 orchards in the next decade as a way to help feed people in food deserts. WVXU recently visited his first… Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2020-09-14/a-fruitful-effort-is-happening-near-cincinnatis-food-deserts Ann Thompson /local-news/2019-09-24/downtown-residents-eagerly-await-new-supermarket Kroger's new Downtown store opens Wednesday morning. The store at Court and Walnut features a supermarket on the first floor and a food court on the… Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:13:42 GMT /local-news/2019-09-24/downtown-residents-eagerly-await-new-supermarket Bill Rinehart /food/2019-08-16/veggie-vans-tour-food-deserts-with-a-truckful-of-produce Monique Williams McCoy greets everyone walking down Cleveland avenue like a neighbor. "Hey y’all!" she calls out. "You coming over to check it out today... Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:39:39 GMT /food/2019-08-16/veggie-vans-tour-food-deserts-with-a-truckful-of-produce Paige Pfleger /community/2019-05-28/the-market-forces-that-make-food-deserts-and-make-them-hard-to-change In 2017 Kroger closed its grocery in Walnut Hills, placing the neighborhood among several communities in the city considered food deserts, areas without… Tue, 28 May 2019 08:01:00 GMT /community/2019-05-28/the-market-forces-that-make-food-deserts-and-make-them-hard-to-change Michael Monks /local-news/2018-11-30/clifton-grocery-will-stay-open-under-agreement Shareholders of the Clifton Market have decided on a path forward after facing bankruptcy. According to our partners at WCPO, they voted overwhelmingly to… Sat, 01 Dec 2018 04:11:40 GMT /local-news/2018-11-30/clifton-grocery-will-stay-open-under-agreement Bill Rinehart /community/2018-04-26/fighting-food-deserts-one-garden-at-a-time Food deserts, most commonly found in poor, low-income neighborhoods, are communities where residents don't have easy access to fresh, healthy food.An… Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:00:00 GMT /community/2018-04-26/fighting-food-deserts-one-garden-at-a-time Dan Hurley /local-news/2017-06-06/new-apartment-tower-supermarket-for-downtown Update 2:50 p.m. Cincinnati-Dayton Division President Tim Brown says the store will be twice the size of the Vine Street grocery it's replacing."Following… Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:05:00 GMT /local-news/2017-06-06/new-apartment-tower-supermarket-for-downtown Bill Rinehart