| Food Access Resources and Information |  | 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 Healthy Corner Stores Network - Especially check out their resources page with a wealth of good information The Prevention Institute - Strategic Alliance Enact Strategy, click on any of the links under "Community Food Strategies" 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 ...back to top Back to FPAC main page 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 ...back to top Back to FPAC main page Articles Cities Study Dearth of Healthy Food - USA 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 An uphill nutrition fight - Baltimore Sun article about the Healthy Stores Project, developed by Dr. Joel Gittelsohn at Johns Hopkins ...back to top Back to FPAC main page 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 ...back to top Back to FPAC main page. | 
