Resources

Organizations / Websites

Center for Food and Justice

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Community Food Security Coalition

Community Food Security Coalition North American Food Policy Council Webpage

Convergence Partnership

Creating Access to Healthy, Affordable Food (USDA, Treasury, HHS)

Fair Food Network

Food Desert Locator (USDA)

Food Environment Atlas (USDA)

Food First

Institute of Medicine

Let’s Move

LISC MetroEdge

Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group

PolicyLink

PolicyMap (The Reinvestment Fund)

Public Health Law and Policy

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Social Compact

The Food Trust

The Reinvestment Fund

Wallace Center

Wholesome Wave

Why Hunger

 

Model Policies

California FreshWorks Fund

City of Seattle City Clerk’s Online Information, City Council Resolutions

Detroit Green Grocer Project

FEED DC Act

Healthy Food Healthy Communities Fund (NY)

Illinois Fresh Food Fund

Louisiana Healthy Food Retail Act

New Orleans Fresh Food Retailer Initiative

New York City’s Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH)

Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative

 

Readings

2010

Local and Regional Food Systems. Food and Security Learning Center, 2010.

The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters. Treuhaft, S. and Karpyn, A. PolicyLink, 2010.

2009

Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food – Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and their Consequences – A Report to Congress. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2009.

Association Between Neighborhood Need and Spatial Access to Food Stores and Fast Food Restaurants in Neighborhoods of Colonias. Sharkey, J., et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 8:9 (2009).

CSA Allows Anyone a Share of Fruits, Veggies. Ali, Ann. The State Journal, 2009.

Neighborhood Food Environment and Walkability Predict Obesity in New York City. Rundle, A., et al. Environmental Health Perspectives 117 (2009): 442–447.

Oakland Food Retail Impact Study, Development Report No 20. Laurison, H. and Young, N. PHLP and Food First. Food First, 2009.

Obesity in Urban Food Markets: Evidence from Georeferenced Micro Data. Chen, S., et al. National Poverty Center, 2009.

Report of the Healthy Food Retail Study Group: Recommendations for a Louisiana Healthy Food Retail Financing Program. The Prevention Research Center, Tulane University, 2009.

2008

A Plan for Atlanta’s Sustainable Food Future. Summer 2008.

Access to Supermarkets in Inner-City Communities. The Reinvestment Fund. Reinvestment Brief, Issue 5.

Associations of the Local Food Environment with Diet Quality—A Comparison of Assessments Based on Surveys and Geographic Information Systems: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Moore, L., et al. American Journal of Epidemiology 167 (2008): 917–924.

Closing the Grocery Gap in Underserved Communities: The Creation of the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative. Giang, T., et al. Journal of Public Health Managementand Practice 14, no.3 (2008): 272–279.

Designed for Disease: The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes. California Center for Public Health Advocacy, PolicyLink, and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 2008.

Does Race Define What’s in the Shopping Cart? Community Health and Education. Community Health Councils, Inc., Policy Brief, 2008.

Neighborhood Fruit and Vegetable Availability and Consumption: The Role of Small Food Stores in an Urban Environment. Bodor, J.N., et al. Public Health Nutrition 11 (2008): 413–420.

Neighborhood Characteristics and Availability of Healthy Foods in Baltimore. Franco, M., et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 35:6 (2008): 561–567.

2007

Associations Between Access to Food Stores and Adolescent Body Mass Index. Powell, L., et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 33:4S (2007): S301–S307.

Food Store Availability and Neighborhood Characteristics in the United States. Powell, L., et al. Preventive Medicine 44:3 (2007): 189–195.

Green Neighborhoods, Food Retail and Childhood Overweight: Differences by Population Density. Liu, G., et al. AmericanJournal of Health Promotion 21:4 (2007): 317–325.

National Healthcare Disparities Report, AHRQ Pub. No. 08-0041. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2007.

Starved for Access: Life in Rural America’s Food Deserts, Morton, L. and Blanchard, T. Rural Realities 1: 4 (2007).

The Economic Impacts of Supermarkets on their Surrounding Communities. The Reinvestment Fund, Reinvestment Brief, Issue 4.

2006

Associations of Neighborhood Characteristics with the Location and Type of Food Stores. Moore, L. and Roux, A. American Journalof Public Health 96 (2006): 325–331.

Closing New Mexico’s Rural Food Gap. New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council, 2006.

Eat Fresh and Grow Jobs, Michigan.Cantrell, P., et al.Traverse City, MI: Michigan Land UseInstitute (MLUI) and the CS Mott Group, Michigan State University,2006.

Examining the Impact of Food Deserts on Public Health in Chicago. Gallagher, M. Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group, 2006.

Food Availability & Food Desert in the Nonmetropolitan South. Blanchard, T. and Lyson, T. Mississippi State, MS: SouthernRural Development Center, 2006.

Food Stamp Participation and Market Access in the District of Columbia. Manjarrez, C. and Cigna, J. Discussion Brief No. 3. Urban Institute, 2006.

Healthy Food, Healthy Communities: An Assessment and Scorecard of Community Food Security in the District of Columbia. D.C. Hunger Solutions, 2006.

Key Facts About Childhood Obesity in the Latino Community: A Fact Sheet. National Council of La Raza, 2006.

Low-Fat Milk and High-Fiber Bread Availability in Food Stores in Urban and Rural Communities. Hosler, A., et al. Journal of Public HealthManagement Practice,12 (2006): 556–562.

Supermarkets, Other Food Stores, and Obesity: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Morland, K., et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 30: 4 (2006).

You are Where you Shop: Grocery Store Locations, Weight, and Neighborhoods. Inagami, S., et al. American Journalof Preventive Medicine 31:1 (2006): 10–17.

2005

A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century. Olshansky, S.J., et al. New England Journal of Medicine 352: 11( 2005): 1138–1145.

Fruit and Vegetable Intake in African Americans: Income and Store Characteristics. Zenk, S., et al. American Journal of PreventiveMedicine 29:1 (2005).

Preventing Childhood Obesity: A Solution-oriented Research Paradigm. Robinson, T.N. and Sirard, J.R. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 28:2S2 (2005): 194–201.

2004

Food Store Access and Household Fruit and Vegetable Use among Participants in the US Food Stamp Program. Rose, D. and Richards, R. PublicHealth Nutrition 7, no.8 (2004):1081–1088.

Mobility Strategies and Food Shopping for Low-Income Families. Clifton, K. Journal of Planning Education and Research 23 (2004).

Rural Food Access Patterns: Elderly Open-Country and In-Town Residents. Iowa Food Security, Insecurity, and Hunger. 2004.

2003

Health Benefits of Urban Agriculture. Bellows, Anne C., et al. 2003. A paper from members of the Community Food Security Coalition’s North American Initiative on Urban Agriculture.

Neighborhood Groceries: New Access to Healthy Food in Low-Income Communities. Bolen, E., et al. California Food Policy Advocates, 2003.

Obesity and the Environment: Where Do We Go from Here? Hill, J.O., et al. Science 299 (2003): 853–855.

Transportation Costs and the American Dream. Surface Transportation Policy Project. 2003.

2002

Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with the Location of Food Stores and Food Service Places. Morland, K., et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 22 (2002): 23–29.

The Contextual Effect of the Local Food Environment on Residents' Diets: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Morland, K., et al. American Journal of Public Health 92, no.11 (2002): 1761–67.

The Persistence of L.A.’s Grocery Gap: The Need for a New Food Policy and Approach to Market Development. Shaffer, A. Center for Food and Justice,Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, OccidentalCollege, 2002.

Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center To the Urban Fringe. Brown, Katherine. Community Food Security Coalition, 2002.

2001

Community Food Security Programs Improve Food Access. Scott, L.K. FoodReview 24:1 (2001): 20–26.

The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity.U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesPublic Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General, 2001.

2000

Understanding and Reducing Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health: Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research. House, J.S. and Williams, D.R. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine/National Academy Press, 2000.

1999

Do the Poor Pay More for Food?: An Analysis of Grocery Store Availability and Food Price Disparities. Chung, C. and Myers, S.J. The Journal of Consumer Affairs 33:2 (1999): 276–297.

Supermarket Access in the Inner City. Nayga, R. and Weinberg, Z. Journal of Retailing andConsumer Services 6 (1999): 141–145.

1998

Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health Report. Acheson, S.D. United Kingdom: Department of Health, 1998.

Rural Poor Have Less Access to Supermarkets,Large Grocery Stores. Kaufman, P. Rural Development Perspectives 13:13 (1998): 19–26.

Supermarket Development: CDCs and Inner City Economic Development.Barbara Abell. National Congress for Community Economic Development, 1998.

1997

Do the Poor Pay More for Food? Item Selection and Price Differences Affect Low-Income Household Food Costs.Kaufman, P.R. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1997.

Just Transportation: Dismantling Race and Class Barriers to Mobility. Bullard, R., et al. Gabriola Island, British Columbia: New Society Publishers, 1997.

Redlining Food: How to Ensure Community Food Security. Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1997.