Food Environment Atlas

Food environment factors—such as store and restaurant proximity, availability of local foods, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community characteristics—interact to influence food choices and diet quality.

The objectives of the Food Environment Atlas are:

to provide a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so, and
to assemble statistics on food environment indicators to stimulate research on the determinants of food choices and diet quality.

View the map here on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s website

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ICGA Uses Grassroots Advocacy to Champion Ethanol and E15 Access

By Tara Desmond • January 16, 2026

Corn growers are encouraged to act now and help hold Congress accountable by making ethanol a priority in the final funding package.

Man standing in field; ad promotes E15 fuel. Text:

ACT NOW for Year-Round E15

By Lyndi Allen • January 16, 2026

Congress is considering including the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act into the pending funding package, which would allow for year-round, unrestricted sales of E15 nationwide

Higher Ethanol Blends, Healthier Air: A Farmer’s Role in the Solution

By Tara Desmond • January 15, 2026

Ethanol isn’t new—and neither is the research behind it. For more than 20 years, studies have shown higher ethanol blends reduce harmful gasoline emissions and improve air quality in both rural and urban communities.