Food Deserts

Cairo, Illinois, once a food desert, welcomed its new market last year with balloons and cheers. But the store is struggling — exposing problems with the programs set up to help.

New law aims to alleviate ‘food deserts’ throughout the state

Cairo has spent seven years without a grocery, until Friday morning. Rise Community Market is now open after months of renovations.

There’s a picture frame on the wall next to the customer service desk in the IGA in Inez, Kentucky. Inside the frame is a scrap of beige meat-counter…