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Measuring Access to Nutritious, Affordable Food: A National Assessment

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  • Kaufman, Phillip R.

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This research report presents methods used to conduct a national assessment of access to nutritious, affordable food in low-income neighborhoods and communities, an initiative contained in the 2008 Farm Bill. A number of research challenges were addressed in carrying out this directive, including defining what constitutes likely food sources that are nutritious and affordable; identifying low-income neighborhoods and communities; and developing criteria for measuring levels of access to nutritious, affordable food. To address these challenges a national store directory was developed; GIS methods including a projection of Census population data to uniform square-kilometer grids were applied. Cumulative density functions were used to describe the relationship between the share of a given population group, such as urban-low-income, and its distance to the nearest supermarket. Maps of selected areas were used to describe differences in food access in low-income areas.

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  • Kaufman, Phillip R., 2010. "Measuring Access to Nutritious, Affordable Food: A National Assessment," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 41(1), pages 1-5, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlofdr:162261
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.162261
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    1. Wilson, Wylin D. & Warren, Reuben C. & Sodeke, Stephen O. & Wilson, Norbert, 2013. "The Fate of Local Food Systems in the Global Industrialization Market: Food and Social Justice in the Rural South," Professional Agricultural Workers Journal (PAWJ), Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, vol. 1(1), pages 1-9.

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