The Land Use and Health Project, a project of the Public Health Law Program at the Public Health Institute released an article in their Spring 2007 Healthy Planning Newsletter about an announcement made by the British mega-chain supermarket Tesco that the company plans to open 100-150 stores, up to 3,000 square feet each, in the […]

Food Deserts in Chicago. Chicago Tribute, July 2006.The issue of access to healthy foods and limited food retail locations in low-income communities seems to be gaining some interest among larger mainstream media corporations. I was in an interview recently with a reporter from People Magazine, which is not a media outlet you would normally associate […]

Many West Oakland residents went to Eugene’s Market at the Jack London Gateway Shopping Center over the weekend to do their food shopping and instead found a posted letter from the shopping center management saying they were as surprised as everyone else that the store had closed, and that they’re looking for a new grocery […]