Fresh Food Distribution Models for the Greater Los Angeles Region: Barriers and Opportunities to Facilitate and Scale Up the Distribution of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
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Results from the three-year food mapping and store survey project have been compiled. Check out the fact sheet in English and Spanish, or download the brief report here.
Farm to Hospital: Supporting Local Agriculture and Improving Health Care
By Moira Beery, Center for Food & Justice, and Kristen Markley, Community Food Security Coalition.
This brochure introduces interested farmers and hospital food service departments to the ins and outs of developing partnerships between hospitals and local farms. Included are examples of ways hospitals can improve the food they offer, issues for farmers to consider if they are interested in selling products to area hospitals, and specific case studies of successful programs.
Download the brochure for free here.
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Transportation
and Food: The Importance of Access
A policy brief detailing the need for increased transportation and access to
high quality food retailers in low-income urban communities. Download
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Thinking Outside the Big Box: Food Access, Labor, Landuse and the Wal-Mart Way. Download PDF
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