MD Launches Initiative to Increase Access to Healthy Foods in State’s “Food Deserts” February 2, 2015 FEBRUARY 2 Crownsville, MD – Maryland is joining the growing movement to expand access to fresh fruits and vegetables in under-served communities known as food deserts. Food deserts are communities that do not have easy access to affordable healthy foods, typically because those communities do not have a local supermarket or grocery store. They can be in Read the Rest… Comments Off on MD Launches Initiative to Increase Access to Healthy Foods in State’s “Food Deserts”