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Santa Cruz County:
Community Food Assessment of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties 2005 (In-Progress)
This Community Food Assessment was conducted in tandem with the 2005 National Hunger Study. Almost 300 clients of Second Harvest Food Bank agencies (pantries, soup kitchens and shelters) selected at random in the National Hunger Study coordinated by Mathematica Policy Research were interviewed on barriers to fruits and vegetable consumption and physical activities and other issues. See preliminary findings for more information about the results. For example, it was found that 38.2% of the low-income individuals surveyed stated that they eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day every day.
Click here to download PDF file of:
Preliminary Results
Power Point Presentation
Contact: Lee Mercer, Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz
and Benito Counties lee@thefoodbank.org,
831-722-7110
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Salinas Valley Community Food Assessment 2005 (In-Progress)
Agricultural Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) is embarking
on a community food assessment which will bring small farmers'
produce to economically marginalized farm worker communities.
The result will be local food marketing strategies to increase
the visibility and viability of fresh and organic produce as
an option for low-income families. The objectives of the community
food assessment are to: 1) address the paradoxes surrounding
the fact that many who labor in the fields are likely food insecure
with little, if any, access to local organic produce, 2) coordinate
ALBA farmers' produce production in response to community needs
and increase sales and income to farm families, and 3) engage
issues with an informed voice to build alliances and strategies
for shaping change in the food system. Contact: Deborah Yashar,
ALBA, Deborah@albafarmers.org,
831-345-7957
See all Assessment and Hunger Study Project Summaries
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