According to research from the Center for Rural Affairs, the state lost 30% of its independent rural grocery stores between 2016 and 2021.

Taylor Ballek for The New York Times As Mrs. Edginton baked fresh bread for the lunch crowd on one October day, the choreography of operating a rural grocery store was on display. Tim Schneider ...

“We know access to grocery stores is already a challenge for many residents.” This is an idea that has already been put into play in a handful of rural communities that have lost their last grocer ...

Dysart, Iowa (KCRG) - There’s a new move in the Iowa legislature to help grocery stores in rural areas. A House subcommittee approved a bill that allows some small grocery store owners to ...

Where have all the neighborhood grocery stores gone? Gone to large retail chains everyone. Where have all the large retail chains gone? Gone to consolidation everyone. “Food desert” is a term that was ...