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Food Access - Coggle Diagram
Food Access
Community Bonds
"Through the process of creating and using community gardens, gardeners have extensive interactions with other community members, often making new social connections and strengthening social ties" (Glover, 2004; Alaimo et al., 2010).
Working with members that live in the community helps because they have firsthand experience of the issues that are happening and how to best deal with them
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Implement community-led projects such as community gardens and produce stands to strengthen community bonds
Health
Food insecurity has been known to cause mental health issues such as depression and anxiety (FRAC, 2021)
Having access to a healthier variety of foods allows people to choose more nutritious options (FRAC, 2017)
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Working towards eliminating the stigma that surrounds food insecurity and low food access would be a step toward creating a just city
Accessibility
People who live in food deserts live far away from supermarkets, therefore people end up spending more time, energy, and money traveling to buy the foods they need (Complete Communities, 2022)
In 2010, the USDA reported that 35.9 million people were living in low-income neighborhoods. Of those 39.5 million people 19 million had little access to grocery stores/supermarkets (USDA, 2017).
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Requiring a certain number of stores throughout a city that sell a wide variety of nutritious foods will improve how many people can access them
Cost/Economic impact
Grocery stores and places that sell healthier food options can strengthen a community's economy (Healthy Food Access, 2022)
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Grocery stores, community gardens, and farmer's markets create jobs for people
Creating more jobs by building places like grocery stores that pay a livable wage would be one way to improve equity within a city