The featured topic of this brief is Youth as Change Agents: Youth Focused Corner Store Projects. Youth often shop at nearby corner stores and as a result, corner stores can be a significant environmental influence on the snacking habits of youth. The brief provides examples of successful corner stores that integrate local youth.
A study examining various aspects of early corner store interventions, including the challenges, successes and how to build sustainable models for the future.
This webpage provides brief answers to 20 frequently asked questions about healthy corner stores.
The Food Trust strives to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food. Representatives from the group briefed the Governor’s Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture about Maryland’s food deserts and the resulting healthy food financing initiative. Food deserts have been identified in rural areas, like Dorchester County, as well as urban areas, like Baltimore City.
This study by examines the correlation between the health of nearly 40,000 Californians and the mix of retail food outlets near their homes. The key finding is that people living in neighborhoods crowded with fast-food and convenience stores but relatively few grocery or produce outlets are at significantly higher risk of suffering from obesity and diabetes.
An article describing the Fresh Food Financing Initiative. It describes how the initiative came about and efforts to expand the program nationwide. Case studies and tools are also included.
NCB Capital Impact (Capital Impact) finances healthy-food retail establishments, lending to dozens of independent grocers and natural food cooperatives throughout the country. This article highlights the work of the organization including their success and challenges.
More than a third of Baltimore neighborhoods don't have ready access to healthy foods, leaving one in five residents to rely on high-fat, high-calorie meals from corner stores and carryout restaurants, a new assessment shows. City officials and other groups already are launching programs to provide healthier eating options for Baltimoreans.
An evaluation of corner store-based interventions to increase availability and sales of healthy food in low-income communities' local stores.
San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar announces that he would introduce legislation that aims to form an incentive program for city food retailers to market and sell fresh food, especially more produce, and cut back on high fat and sugar items and tobacco and alcohol products.