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sconzy

Can community gardens and farmers' markets relieve food desert problems? A study of Edm... - 0 views

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  • that neighborhoods that have poor access to supermarkets also tend to have limited access to community gardens.
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      sconzy on 12 Oct 14
       
      Even though the goal of gardens it to provide healthy, nutritious and fresh food for people who live in neighborhoods that are food desert, the location of the community garden can not be access by all that need it.
  • The term “food desert” has frequently been used to describe situations in which consumers lack access to affordable nutritious food, typically a populated low-income area with limited access to full-service supermarkets
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      sconzy on 12 Oct 14
       
      Food desert is referred to as low income communities in which its people don't have easy accessibility to healthy and fresh food to grocery stores.
  • considered low income and high population density as indicators of high need. In addition, we introduced low car access as an indicator of the challenge of getting access to healthy food.
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  • Our results for the case of Edmonton show that community gardens and farmers' markets can help increase fresh food access and relieve food desert problems to a certain extent
lettesas

The Public Health Effects of Food Deserts:: Workshop Summary - Food and Nutrition Board... - 1 views

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  • lettesas on 09 Oct 14
     
    In the United States, people living in low-income neighborhoods frequently do not have access to affordable healthy food venues, such as supermarkets. Instead, those living in "food deserts" must rely on convenience stores and small neighborhood stores that offer few, if any, healthy food choices, such as fruits and vegetables. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council (NRC) convened a two-day workshop on January 26-27, 2009, to provide input into a Congressionally-mandated food deserts study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. The workshop, summarized in this volume, provided a forum in which to discuss the public health effects of food deserts.
tieshaedwards

How to identify food deserts: measuring physical and economic access to supermarkets in... - 2 views

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  • tieshaedwards on 16 Oct 14
     
    Ways to estimate food deserts from high, medium and low. This research also includes time duration from home to supermarket and cost of food.
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