Food deserts are growing in Ohio and other states. See where they are

By: Marty Schladen

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: February 9, 2026

Words: 902

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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An interactive map of neighborhoods lacking easy access to fresh food was released late last month. Ohio — as well as every other state — is flecked with black census tracts that meet the group’s definition of food deserts.

It didn’t have to be this way, said the group that produced the map, the Institute for Local Self Reliance. If the federal government hadn’t stopped enforcing a Depression-era antitrust law in the early 1980s, …

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