food deserts

Talia Foreman travels an hour to get milk.The northeast Oklahoma City resident doesn’t have a car and lives in an area with limited access to healthy and…

The Oklahoma City City Council passed a 180-day moratorium to combat what some council members have called a 'food desert' in the city’s northeast side.…

The greasy fried dough is a Navajo staple. But it's also a source of poor nutrition on a reservation labeled a food desert by the U.S. government.

Low-income areas of rural Oklahoma are blotched with food deserts, where fresh, healthy food options are scarce. It’s a problem in cities, too, but…

Heart disease, diabetes, and obesity are epidemic in Oklahoma, and lack of access to fresh, healthy food is a big reason why. Scarcity is most severe in…

A bill that passed the Oklahoma Senate would establish a fund to get more fresh, healthy food into underserved areas.Senate Bill 507, by Stephanie Bice,…