Identifying Optimal Areas for Supermarket Development

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Provides an overview of Limited Supermarket Access (LSA) analysis, a tool available on PolicyMap to identify areas with need for intervention re healthy food access.

How to Use Economic Development Resources to Improve Access to Healthy Food

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ChangeLab Solutions designed this fact sheet to provide a basic overview of how economic development programs work, highlighting a variety of ways for advocates to influence the process.

Healthy Food Financing Initiative Implementation Plan

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Explores the goals of HFFI, its modes of financing, and its range of interventions intended to expand the supply and demand for nutritious food and help eliminate food deserts.

Healthy Corner Store Resource Guide

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A guide to transitioning and operating a healthy corner store. Includes food safety and shelf life tips, purchasing options, suggested displays and how to increase sales.

Healthy Corner Store Initiative

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A fact sheet that documents the mission and impact of the Healthy Corner Store Initiative

Healthy Community Design and Access to Healthy Food Legislation Database

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A database of legislation related to healthy community design and access to healthy food. Users can search based on state, topic, date and bill type.

Healthier Food for Sale

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 This webinar discusses how to identify and leverage financing mechanisms to create healthier food options in local communities, and heard from people who have experience launching and sustaining successful projects.

Georgia Task Force

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A new task force is trying to get rid of Georgia's food deserts. The group has partnered with several Georgia non-profits to find ways of attracting super markets to the under-served areas. The areas are low income-communities in urban and rural parts of the state where fresh fruits and vegetables are scarce.

From Food Desert to Food Oasis: How Co-ops can make a difference

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M. Gallagher coined the now-popular term "food desert." At the Consumer Cooperative Management Association 2011 conference, M. Gallagher shares some of her ideas for solutions that food co-ops can create.

Food Hubs: Viable Regional Distribution Solutions

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A presentation on food hubs. The slides provide an overview of this unique food system and uses case studies to demonstrate its feasibility and viability. There is also a brief section on financials.

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