food desert

Across the Northeast, environmentalists and enthusiasts are touting the American pawpaw tree. The fruit-bearing tree has become core to a University at Albany initiative to lower urban temperatures and provide a source of nutritious food to members of the community.

A new grocery store is now open in Troy — aimed at addressing what officials call a lack of access to affordable, healthy foods.

Officials are celebrating the completion of a grocery store in Troy, part of a $75 million development on River Street.

Tucked away in the rolling hills of rural Rensselaer County, Soul Fire Farm is a sprouting seed of agricultural possibilities, a community farm committed to ending racism and injustice in the food system.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was in Latham this morning to promote legislation to help end food deserts — a move that could help bring a grocery store to Albany's South End.

A new approach to a food pantry opened in time for the holidays in downtown Albany.

The future of Albany's South End Grocery may be in jeopardy after the store defaulted on loans.

A new grocery store will open by the end of the year in an Albany food desert.

Given unprecedented times, The Food Pantries for the Capital District is working to ensure that our local food pantries are prepared in the face of…

Plans are in the works to bring a full-service grocery store to Albany's South End. One by one, stores that sold staples like bread, milk and eggs have…