(New Jersey Department of Health)New NJ map shows link between food and healthy babies, mothers
food desert
(New Jersey Department of Health)
NJ Spotlight NewsPrices are 30 to 50% less than supermarket, making it more affordable for families
NJ Spotlight NewsCasino Reinvestment Development Authority said requests for financial subsidies were a problem
'Food insecurity is still an issue,' exacerbated by inflation
No progress almost a year after groundbreaking ceremony
Plans are approved for ShopRite store, first full supermarket in AC since 2006
According to Virtua Health, people living in their targeted food desert communities have higher rates of obesity, diabetes and other diseases.
Most of Camden is considered a food desert, meaning people have to go more than a mile to get to healthy nutritious food.
Unsellable crops are often taken from farms and dropped in a landfill. Some companies are out to stop the waste and simultaneously feed those who ...
Anti-hunger advocates and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin cite the Garden State’s growing and grim statistics. Coughlin says about one in eight, or 266,000 people, are ...
Fresh off a weekend that emphasized a fractured party, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin shifted the focus to food insecurity and ending hunger in the Garden ...
Despite seemingly endless farmland in South Jersey, many residents don't have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. One of the barriers to eliminating food deserts ...
Alison Hastings of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission discusses a new study that suggests growing access to food can lead to growing the entire ...
Christie's state of the state challenge to lawmakers: Either fund public worker pensions or fund expansion of programs for charter schools and addiction services. We'll ...
We're on the storm track of Hurricane Joaquin. Experts predict it won't be like Sandy. It may not even make landfall, but the cyclone is ...
A new 70,000 square foot ShopRite opened in Newark, offering fresh produce and healthy food choices to residents. Additionally, the opening is providing jobs with ...
Blowback on the bridge scandal. Does an old letter reveal something new? Fighting food deserts and growing jobs in the inner city. And the secret ...
The federal New Market Tax Credit helped create the Newark Farmers Market. Sen. Menendez says the market is an example of how federal tax code ...
The co-owner of Food Depot, Orfilio Chaviano, says foot traffic has been so heavy since last week’s grand opening that it’s been difficult to keep ...