Produce aisle at Jewel in Lakeview East
A produce aisle at a Lakeview East Jewel supermarket is stocked with a variety of fresh foods — items that shoppers say they want more of in their neighborhood grocery stores. Mariah Rush / Sun-Times
Produce aisle at Jewel in Lakeview East

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Communities fight for healthy food access amid departure of full-service grocers

The number of Chicagoans living in a food desert has jumped by 63% in the past decade, a WBEZ-Chicago Sun-Times analysis found.

A produce aisle at a Lakeview East Jewel supermarket is stocked with a variety of fresh foods — items that shoppers say they want more of in their neighborhood grocery stores. Mariah Rush / Sun-Times
By Landon Jones

A lack of access to nutritious food impacts rural and city-dwellers alike. In fact, more than a quarter of Illinois residents live in a food desert, as defined by the USDA.

Reset speaks with community organizers and a data journalist to better understand how food deserts are impacting Chicagoans.

GUESTS: Alden Loury, WBEZ data projects editor

Angela Taylor, wellness coordinator, Garfield Park Community Council

Laurell Sims, co-founder of Urban Growers Collective

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Produce aisle at Jewel in Lakeview East
A produce aisle at a Lakeview East Jewel supermarket is stocked with a variety of fresh foods — items that shoppers say they want more of in their neighborhood grocery stores. Mariah Rush / Sun-Times
Produce aisle at Jewel in Lakeview East

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Communities fight for healthy food access amid departure of full-service grocers

The number of Chicagoans living in a food desert has jumped by 63% in the past decade, a WBEZ-Chicago Sun-Times analysis found.

A produce aisle at a Lakeview East Jewel supermarket is stocked with a variety of fresh foods — items that shoppers say they want more of in their neighborhood grocery stores. Mariah Rush / Sun-Times
By Landon Jones

A lack of access to nutritious food impacts rural and city-dwellers alike. In fact, more than a quarter of Illinois residents live in a food desert, as defined by the USDA.

Reset speaks with community organizers and a data journalist to better understand how food deserts are impacting Chicagoans.

GUESTS: Alden Loury, WBEZ data projects editor

Angela Taylor, wellness coordinator, Garfield Park Community Council

Laurell Sims, co-founder of Urban Growers Collective

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons