A group of community organizations transforming a patch of overgrown land on Spartanburg's north side into a complex of buildings dubbed the Northside Healthy Food Hub. When completed, the compound will host a garden, a community kitchen and a cafe that sells nutritious, ready-made meals and fresh produce.
The organization works to promote policies that address childhood obesity. Their website contains a collection of resources related to healthy food access.
An initiative to try to expand farmers' markets in low-income neighborhoods in Washington D.C.
This interactive map of New Orleans provides information about the status of health and well-being of the community including health, social and environmental domains and the drivers of that status. It also provides model practices and tools that support neighborhood associations’ and tracks changes in over time.
This report provides case studies of two cities—Detroit and Oakland—that are taking innovative steps to repair their food delivery networks. PolicyLink and Michigan State University collaborated to chronicle the efforts of residents and activists, the challenges they face, and the solutions they have developed.
A study examining various aspects of early corner store interventions, including the challenges, successes and how to build sustainable models for the future.
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.
An article discussing the important implications of quality food sources in low-income and rural neighborhoods. Provides justification on the importance of access to healthy food as a measure of quality of life.
Within the next year or so, three big-box grocery stores are expected to open within just a couple of miles of downtown. HEB, Kroger and Wal-Mart stores will soon serve the Montrose area and the Washington Avenue Corridor. But those stores will do nothing to fix what has become a serious problem here — food deserts.
A webinar focused on how communities are incorporating urban agriculture into their community development efforts and into policy infrastructures supporting this work. The speakers provide an explanation of the eligibility requirements necessary to benefit from the executive order the President announced on June 15, 2012.