Food Desert

The forthcoming Farm to City Harvest Store now has a building in downtown Farmer City, bringing the area closer to losing its status as a food desert. A 10-member steering committee is leading the effort to transform 111 S. Main St. into a cooperative grocery store that features local produce, meats, cheeses and more.

Since launching in 2016, the Sunnyside Urban Farm, imagined as a high school project, produced thousands of pounds of food and hired dozens of west Bloomington teens.

A grocery store in the middle of a “food desert” around Illinois State University, and an emphasis on smaller businesses and buildings, topped public input Thursday night on possible design plans for Uptown South.

The demolition of the former Fox Plaza in on Bloomington's west side has cleared the way for construction of the new Market Street Plaza.“This step frees…

Youth in the Olympia school district are getting some big help as they chip away at food insecurity in rural McLean County.The Olympia Pacesetters 4-H…

The West Market Street Council announced Friday it has reached an agreement to buy a west Bloomington shopping plaza in hopes of building a space for a…

A vegetable garden that's been growing in a west Bloomington food desert has come to a crossroads.Jan Turner, previous owner of Native Plants of Illinois…

There’s an acre and a half of land adjacent to Sunnyside Park on the west side of Bloomington that, come summer, will transform into plots of garden-grown…