1. From Field to Market: A Blueprint for Food Distribution in NYC
- 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:
By Vanessa Zajfen, Center for Food Justice, Occidental College
http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/publications/TCE_Final_Report.pdf - San Francisco Food System Assessment:
San Francisco Food Alliance
http://www.sffoodsystems.org/pdf/FSA-online.pdf - Food Secure City: Toronto Food Policy Council Submission to the Toronto Official Plan:
Toronto Food Policy Council
http://www.toronto.ca/health/tfpc_secure.pdf
2. Finding Healthy Food: Supermarkets, Farmers Markets, CSA’s, and Food Deserts
- The Lost Supermarket: A Breed in Need of Replenishment. Article in New York times. May 5 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/nyregion/05citywide.html
- Going to Market: New York City’s Neighborhood Grocery Store and Supermarket Shortage. Report by NYC Department of City Planning. May 2008
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/supermarket/index.shtml
- Eating Well in Harlem: How Available Is Healthy Food? A Report from the East and Central Harlem District Public Health Office, May 2007. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/dpho/dpho-harlem-report2007.pdf
For more detailed information, consider:
- NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports on obesity and diabetes by neighborhood: www.NYC.gov/doh/EpiQuery/2007/Overweight. The numbers and distribution of these conditions graphically depicted by neighborhood are astounding.
3. The Importance of Nutrition Education
- For the Overweight, Bad Advice by the Spoonful
- By Gina Kolata- The New York Times, August 29, 2007
http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-obesity-ess.html?scp=1&sq=-%09For%20the%20Overweight,%20Bad%20Advice%20by%20the%20Spoonful&st=cse
- Out of Balance: Marketing of Soda, Candy, Snacks and Fast Foods Drowns Out Healthful Messages
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
http://www.consumersunion.org/pdf/OutofBalance.pdf - Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health.
Nestle, Marion. 2007. Undermining Dietary Advice, from Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, pp. 29-67.
4. Urban Farming: What Does It Look Like? What Makes It Work?
- 10 Reasons to Buy Local Food, reprinted from With an Ear to the Ground by Vern Grubinger, published by Northeast Region SARE, 2004. Found on Council on the Environment of New York City’s Greenmarket website: http://www.cenyc.org/greenmarket/whygreenmarket/whylocal
- Farming from the City Center to the Urban Fringe: Urban Planning and Food Security, article by the Community Food Security Coalition:
http://www.foodsecurity.org/FarmingCitytoFringe.pdf
- If it’s Fresh and Local, Is it Always Greener? Article in New York Times by Andrew Martin, December 9 2007:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/business/yourmoney/09feed.html
For more detailed information, consider:
- Cities Farming for the Future: Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities:
International Development Research Center
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-100638-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html - Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes: Designing Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities, by Andre Viljoen, Architectural Press (2006)
- Making the Edible Landscape: A Study of Urban Agriculture in Montreal:
McGill University
http://www.mcgill.ca/mchg/pastproject/el/
5. How Schools, Hospitals, and Other Institutions Can Serve Healthier Meals
- Food Security Learning Center: Farm to Cafeteria, World Hunger Year, 07/2007 http://www.worldhungeryear.org/fslc/faqs/ria_063.asp?section=6&click=1
- Farm to Hospital: Supporting Local Agriculture and Improving Healthcare, by Moira Beery, Center for Food & Justice, and Kristen Markley, Community Food Security Coalition. July 2007 http://www.foodsecurity.org/F2H_Brochure.pdf
6. Fighting Hunger: Preserving the Nutrition Safety Net in 2009
- Hunger and the City, article by Lisa Petridis, Huffington Post, July 8, 2008”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lia-petridis/hunger-and-the-city_b_111438.html
- NYC Hunger Experience 2008 Summary, Report summary by Food Bank for NYC
http://www.foodbanknyc.org/index.cfm?objectid=937958EB-9921-4DBC-C936700C2EF8C09F
- Child Hunger: The Unhealthy Return on Missed Investments, Report summary by Food Bank for NYC
http://www.foodbanknyc.org/index.cfm?objectid=CD6F98E4-B746-591B-7CA1DC94582B6887
7. The Urban Food Agenda: Shaping City, State, and Federal Policy
- Farmer in Chief, article by Michael Pollan, New York Times, October 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html
- Federal Policy Advocacy Handbook by Barrett Ebright and Sarah Borron. 2007. http://www.foodsecurity.org/FedPolicy2007_fnl.pdf
