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Community Comes Together To Support South Shore Grocery Store Hit By LootersLocal Market Foods is the main source of fresh food for people in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood, and the community came together to protect it.

No Longer A 'Food Desert,' Englewood Welcomes New Whole Foods MarketThe celebrations today for many of the workers were about something more.

Unit In Ford Heights Apartment Complex Converted Into Grocery StoreA grocery store has its grand opening today in one of the Chicago area's starkest examples of a food desert.

Chicago Already Has Medical Marijuana 'Deserts'Some African-American neighborhoods have a dearth of grocery stores. They also won't have any marijuana dispensaries, CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.

Urban Farms Expanding In ChicagoSoon, yet another inner-city garden will offer healthy, fresh food. CBS 2's Jim Williams reports.

Illinois Fresh Food Fund To Provide Groceries For 'Food Deserts'Illinoisans in so called "food deserts" will have better access to fresh food under a new state program.

Mayor Emanuel Downplays Report He Cussed At GovernorWitnesses describe an expletive-filled phone call to Gov. Pat Quinn over how the governor has dealt with casino gambling and pension reform.