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Food Access Resources and InformationResidents need access to fresh produce.

We have compiled a variety of resources on the issue of food access and related issues across the country.  Read on to learn more.  If you have additional sites, reports, articles, or research that explore food access issues, please email the PRC with a link to the appropriate site. 

Quick Links:          Organizations          Reports          Articles          Research

Organizations

The Food Trust - Fresh Food Financing Intiative, among other projects

Literacy for Environmental Justice - Good Neighbor Program

Food Security Learning Center - Information on Food Policy Councils

Community Food Security Coalition - Building sustainable, local and regional food systems

Planning for Healthy Places - Formerly the Land Use and Health Program

Center for Health and Place - a unit of PolicyLink

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Reports

Designed for Disease: The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes - a joint effort of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, the UCLA Centre for Health Policy Research, and PolicyLink. 

The Links Between the Neighborhood Food Environment and Childhood Nutrition - from the Prevention Institute

New Orleans Supermarket Map - a product of the Partnership for a Food Policy Advisory Committee (graphic designed by Robby Habans, LPHI)

Healthy Food, Healthy Communities Improving Access and Opportunities for Food Retailing - from PolicyLink 

Weaving the Food Web - California Food Security Association

Food and Justice - California Food & Justice Coalition

California Food Policy Advocates 
      2006 "Healthy Purchase" Pilot Program
      Neighborhood Groceries Report

The Paradox of Hunger and Obesity in America - Center on Hunger & Poverty and the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)

Eating Well in Harlem - New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Food Policy Guide - American Planning Association

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Articles

Cities Study Dearth of Healthy FoodUSA Today article about efforts across the country; mentions New Orleans FPAC

Access to Healthful Foods Addressed - Times Picayune story about the release of the FPAC recommendations

Group wants to bring healthy food closer to you - WWL news report from the FPAC report release

Fresh Approach to Feeding New Orleans - Tulane New Wave article about the FPAC report release

All You Can't Eat - about a food desert in East Palo Alto, CA

Local Efforts to Improve Health Could Help Prevent Cancer in Large Numbers - eZine article about American Institute of Cancer Research Report about efforts to improve access to healthful foods.

Initiative Stresses Need for Fresh Food - Times-Picayune article about the Food Policy Advisory Committee

Brown Bag Blues - New Orleans CityBusiness article about poor food access in the city and the health implications

Progress Plaza - New York Times article about a Food Trust success story

New Rx:  Help People Avoid Getting Sick - USA Today

Perspective - Market Incentives - California Agriculture Magazine

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Research

New Orleans Food Preference & Food Purchase Study - Tulane University (Randy Sokol and Thomas Farley, MD, MPH)

The Chicago Food Desert study

Where you shop matters - USDA Economic Research Service article in Amber Waves

Inconsistent access may contribute to weight gain - Tufts University

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