/tags/food-deserts Food Deserts en-US Copyright Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:08:31 GMT /business-economy/2021-10-04/community-members-in-southeast-raleigh-find-creative-solutions-to-combat-food-deserts The USDA estimates that more than 30% of Southeast Raleigh residents live more than a mile from a supermarket. As one woman works to revive a community market, others in the area grow their own produce to boost community health. Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:08:31 GMT /business-economy/2021-10-04/community-members-in-southeast-raleigh-find-creative-solutions-to-combat-food-deserts Kamaya Truitt, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /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 /health/2019-05-09/setting-the-table-why-dinnertime-is-about-more-than-just-food For years health experts have been touting the benefits of sitting down at the dinner table for a family meal. The tradition of a big Sunday dinner after… Thu, 09 May 2019 15:59:17 GMT /health/2019-05-09/setting-the-table-why-dinnertime-is-about-more-than-just-food Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-09/setting-the-table-why-dinnertime-is-about-more-than-just-food For years health experts have been touting the benefits of sitting down at the dinner table for a family meal. The tradition of a big Sunday dinner after… Thu, 09 May 2019 15:59:17 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-09/setting-the-table-why-dinnertime-is-about-more-than-just-food Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /health/2017-12-06/mobile-food-market-feeds-thousands-in-the-triad Five days a week and twice on Saturdays, a 26-foot-long truck filled with food stops at various schools in Guilford County.Families arrive by car and by… Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:42:02 GMT /health/2017-12-06/mobile-food-market-feeds-thousands-in-the-triad Naomi P. Brown /health/2017-08-14/the-reluctant-farmer-meet-reverend-richard-joyner For close to two decades, Richard Joyner fought to get away from the farms of Pitt County, North Carolina. He grew up in a family of sharecroppers and… Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:00:00 GMT /health/2017-08-14/the-reluctant-farmer-meet-reverend-richard-joyner Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-08-14/the-reluctant-farmer-meet-reverend-richard-joyner For close to two decades, Richard Joyner fought to get away from the farms of Pitt County, North Carolina. He grew up in a family of sharecroppers and… Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:00:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-08-14/the-reluctant-farmer-meet-reverend-richard-joyner Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /health/2017-06-13/north-carolinians-even-millennials-dont-eat-enough-veggies Millennials like to think that they eat healthier than their parents. But new research shows they still aren't eating the recommended servings of fruits… Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:14:32 GMT /health/2017-06-13/north-carolinians-even-millennials-dont-eat-enough-veggies Jason deBruyn /health/2016-07-13/north-carolina-has-more-trouble-than-most-putting-food-on-the-table North Carolina has more trouble putting food on the table than most other states, according to a nonprofit anti-hunger organization.A report from the Food… Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:20:10 GMT /health/2016-07-13/north-carolina-has-more-trouble-than-most-putting-food-on-the-table Rebecca Martinez /health/2015-10-29/seven-prison-gardens-stock-local-food-banks Inmates at seven North Carolina prisons have grown 16,250 pounds of fresh produce for local food banks and soup kitchens since the Combating Hunger… Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:09:26 GMT /health/2015-10-29/seven-prison-gardens-stock-local-food-banks Rebecca Martinez