State Rep. Camille Lilly (Photos Provided).
Nearly 150 people gathered at the Garfield Park Conservatory on Oct. 10 for "Bridging the Equity Gap: Food Insecurity...
Black consumers are feeling more pain at the grocery store checkout line — and experts say it isn't by accident (Photo Credit: kate_sept2004, Getty Images...
If you take a drive down 63rd, 71st, 75th, 79th and 83rd between Stony Island (East) and Damen (West),you will find a surplus of “food and liquor” stores every three blocks and "food marts" in every gas station. In fact, on 79th street, there is not one supermarket from Lake Shore Drive to Pulaski. This disparity of available quality, nutritious food choices is called a food desert and has plagued low-income, urban neighborhoods for several years.
