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Equitable Development Toolkit: Access to Healthy Food
This four-part toolkit from PolicyLink provides resources for low-income communities to increase access to healthy, affordable food.
04-09-2014
USDA Economic Research Service Interactive Research Maps
Explore visual data on community proximity to grocery stores, income levels, food prices, sales tax, and other socioeconomic factors of food access.
04-09-2014
Organizations: Food Deserts
Research institutions, nonprofits and programs that work to build equitable food systems in food desert regions in the Unites States.
04-09-2014
Market Makeovers: Greening the Food Desert
An extensive online toolkit walks readers through the process of bringing healthier food choices to small corner stores.
04-09-2014
Links & Resources: Food Deserts
A collection of reports and multimedia that discuss food access, community health and policy.
04-09-2014
Introduction: Food Deserts
Food deserts - or food apartheid, as some frame this issue - have profound effects on the health and economic activity of a community.
04-09-2014
National Hunger Data Released: WhyHunger Calls for Long-Term Change
Today the United States Department of Agriculture released its annual report on household food security in the US. With an estimated 14.3 percent of American households experiencing food insecurity during 2013, the state of hunger is the US remains virtually unchanged.  While government nutrition programs and emergency food distribution remain essential to keeping families, veterans, seniors, working adults and children
03-09-2014
Trends in prevalence rates of food insecurity 1995-2013
03-09-2014
Join us at the Food Justice Contingent of the People’s Climate March on September 21
In late September, world leaders will convene in New York City for the UN Climate Summit. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited these leaders – who come from government, finance, business, and civil society – to bring big ideas for addressing climate change, and the summit is expected to be a step toward a global agreement on the subject. The
03-09-2014
Healthy Food Financing Handbook: From Advocacy to Implementation
This handbook lays out a detailed approach to developing state and local policies that encourage the development of healthy food stores in underserved communities.
03-09-2014
Equitable Development Toolkit: Access to Healthy Food
This four-part toolkit from PolicyLink provides resources for low-income communities to increase access to healthy, affordable food.
04-09-2014
USDA Economic Research Service Interactive Research Maps
Explore visual data on community proximity to grocery stores, income levels, food prices, sales tax, and other socioeconomic factors of food access.
04-09-2014
Organizations: Food Deserts
Research institutions, nonprofits and programs that work to build equitable food systems in food desert regions in the Unites States.
04-09-2014
Market Makeovers: Greening the Food Desert
An extensive online toolkit walks readers through the process of bringing healthier food choices to small corner stores.
04-09-2014
Links & Resources: Food Deserts
A collection of reports and multimedia that discuss food access, community health and policy.
04-09-2014
Introduction: Food Deserts
Food deserts - or food apartheid, as some frame this issue - have profound effects on the health and economic activity of a community.
04-09-2014
National Hunger Data Released: WhyHunger Calls for Long-Term Change
Today the United States Department of Agriculture released its annual report on household food security in the US. With an estimated 14.3 percent of American households experiencing food insecurity during 2013, the state of hunger is the US remains virtually unchanged.  While government nutrition programs and emergency food distribution remain essential to keeping families, veterans, seniors, working adults and children
03-09-2014
Trends in prevalence rates of food insecurity 1995-2013
03-09-2014
Join us at the Food Justice Contingent of the People’s Climate March on September 21
In late September, world leaders will convene in New York City for the UN Climate Summit. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited these leaders – who come from government, finance, business, and civil society – to bring big ideas for addressing climate change, and the summit is expected to be a step toward a global agreement on the subject. The
03-09-2014
Healthy Food Financing Handbook: From Advocacy to Implementation
This handbook lays out a detailed approach to developing state and local policies that encourage the development of healthy food stores in underserved communities.
03-09-2014