Guide to Food Access

Guide to Food Access

AMANDA BASTOS DIAS • DANIEL HART • MEL MUSIE

THE HEARTS OF PRICE HILL MCP CAPSTONE • PLAN 7009 DAAP • SCHOOL OF PLANNING

THE HEARTS OF PRICE HILL | PLAN 7009 | SPRING 2020

Guide to Food Access WHAT IS IT?

OVERVIEW

A tactical handbook / planning tool that empowers communities to take action and address food insecurity.

HOW DOES IT WORK? The Guide is based on a flexible method that can be adapted for any community.

It relies on mapping, surveys, local knowledge, and selfassessment to identify the best local solution.

CONSIDERATIONS: ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦

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Local Character + Assets Community Partnerships Principles + Aspects of Food Access Inclusive + Affordable Site Design Resilient + Self-Sufficent Operations

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GUIDE TO FOOD ACCESS

Food Needs STEP 1 Analyze your community's food system.

Addressing food access in your community begins with an analysis of the existing local food system. Take inventory of all the different ways members of the community can acquire the nutrients they need.

Be sure to categorize resources in a logical manner that best reflects the uniqueness, diversity, and character of your community.

STEP 2 Use results of Step 1 to create the Existing Food Access Map. Map all of the locations inventoried in Step 1. Be sure to communicate whether the resource is 'Food Away From Home' or 'Food to Take Home' (can be two separate maps if necessary) and indicate its subtype.

Use colors, symbols, or notes to communicate the unique characteristics of each resource, as identified in Step 1.

You will use the Existing Food Access Map(s) often, so try to be as comprehensive and clear as possible.

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GUIDE TO FOOD ACCESS

Social Needs STEP 3 Assess your community's need for various social programs.

Food access solutions should be combined with skills training, vouchers, and other economic programs to create jobs, improve affordability, care for residents, support small businesses, teach residents to cook, and encourage local farming.

Be sure to categorize resources in a logical manner that most accurately reflects your community.

Other aspects to consider mapping: Race/Ethnicity, Food Stamp/EBT Recipients, Educational Attainment,

Institutions, Schools/Education Centers

STEP 4 Use results of Step 3 to create the Services Needed Map(s).

Map all of the demographic characteristics and existing community services identified in Step 3.

Create multiple maps if necessary.

Use colors, symbols, or notes to communicate the unique aspects of each social need as identified in Step 3.

You will use the Services Needed Map(s) in future steps, so try to be as comprehensive and clear as possible.

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GUIDE TO FOOD ACCESS

Goals With steps 5 through 7, you can be a bit more creative. Work together as a community to identify three (or more) goals to be achieved by the food access solution to be implemented.

Develop a data-gathering and map-making process that will help you determine where to locate food access solutions and define the purpose they will serve.

STEP 5 Goal: Walkable Identify areas that would most benefit from walkable food access.

STEP 6 Goal: Affordable Assess access to healthy, afforable food.

Pay special attention to the 'Healthy Options' and 'Fresh Produce' resources on the Existing Food Access Map(s).

STEP 7 Goal: Local Determine potential for urban farming and community gardens.

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GUIDE TO FOOD ACCESS

Solutions STEP 8 Place-Based Principle Assess whether the new food system will accurately represent local cultures and diversity.

STEP 9 Access to Services Identify which services would be most beneficial in the potential site area.

STEP 10 Operators & Partners Identify partnerships and management to ensure success.

You will need a partner for providing space (or to assist with acquiring property), a partner for operating the food access solution, and a partner for funding development. Identify other partnerships as necessary.

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AMANDA BASTOS DIAS • DANIEL HART • MEL MUSIE

THE HEARTS OF PRICE HILL MCP CAPSTONE • PLAN 7009 DAAP • SCHOOL OF PLANNING