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People's Grocery's Legacy (PDF document)

Food Justice

Beyond the Food Bank - Dissection of what it means to be food secure and what the roots causes of hunger are.

History of Food Insecurity in West Oakland.pdf

homeward bound.pdf This study overviews food security strategies with a focus on transportation needs and barriers as key factors.

Low Income Consumer study.pdf A sample of a study that looks at marketing to low-income US food consumers in the decade ahead. A pretty corporate document, but it has some valuable information.

Health and Nutrition

Diet interventions for ethnic minority populations.pdf

hunger and obesity.pdf This document looks at the paradox of simulataneous hunger and obesity in America.

Impacts of public markets on community health.doc A small portion of a study conducted by the Project for Public Spaces, Inc.

Local Economies

Building Local Bay Area Economy.pdf A report developed by Bay Area Relocalize, The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, the International Forum and Globalization and others.

Social Compact West Oakland.pdf A “drill down” market study of West Oakland that captures data that other market studies have failed to do.

Working, Wages and Inequality In the East Bay.pdf A report conducted by the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy that looks at economic inequality in the East Bay Area.

Supermarkets in the Inner City

Attracting Supermarkets to the Inner City.pdf - This is a somewhat academic style document but it provides a lot of good data on inner-city food demand, the challenges to developing inner-city grocery stores and, interestinlgy, the rationale of planners for the absence of grocery stores in inner city areas.

Healthy Food, Healthy Communities - PolicyLink's report on urban planning and food access

Linking Food and Transportation.doc This Policy Brief looks at the effect of transportation on food security and the food system and highlights case examples of how transportation barriers are being addressed

Supermarket Access in Low-Income Communities.pdf This paper is part of a series of nutrition policy profiles prepared by Prevention Institute for the enter for Health Improvement.

USDA Supermarket study.pdf This study was conducted by the USDA and looks at supermarket characteristics and operating costs in low-income areas.

Urban Agriculture

growing food in cities.pdf A report highlighting the benefits of urban agriculture. Written in the UK.