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"Seeds of Change" - food security initiative in Los Angeles
In my investigation into the topic of food security, I learned of an amazing initiative that happened right nearby my current home. I live on the edge of a Los Angeles-area town called Culver City. Just a few blocks over from my apartment is the collection of neighborhoods known as South Central Los Angeles.
According to http://www.foodsecurity.org/CF**uide-whatscookin.pdf:
In 1992, Los Angeles emerged from a period of civil unrest that had wreaked economic and social havoc on the city. Los Angeles faced serious food security problems, including significant levels of hunger, inadequate government support programs, and an overwhelmed emergency food network. These problems were made worse by the lack of basic infrastructure in the inner city, where there were few supermarkets, generally high food prices, limited public transportation options, and no integrated policy framework to address these problems.
A local university and a nonprofit group teamed up to run a study on the problem. The goal was to analyze the problem, evaluate what options there were for fixing it, and finally "Propose a framework for food security planning that is equitable, economically efficient, and environmentally sound."
The project had pretty much no budget, but the university and the nonprofit helped in whatever ways they could. As the study progressed, students and other nonprofit organizations got involved, and also donated their time and resources. They looked at demographics, land use, existing sources of food, and trends in food support programs and supermarket development.
When all was said and done,
The research from the project was compiled and published as Seeds of Change: Strategies for Food Security for the Inner City. Other outcomes included:
◗ Formation of the LA Community Food Security Network and the LA Food Security and Hunger
Partnership (a food policy council)
◗ Further growth of community gardens and farmers’ markets, and increased food stamp outreach at
farmers’ markets
◗ Examples and inspiration that helped spark food a****sments in other cities
◗ Increased awareness that catalyzed the movement for food security in the United States, including
establishment of the Community Food Security Coalition in 1994
The Community Food Service Coalition publishes a guidebook (available free online at http://www.foodsecurity.org/cfa_guidebook.html) on how to do a community food a****sment. This looks like a great guide to a tool that can help understand, and help influence, local food security issues.
According to http://www.foodsecurity.org/CF**uide-whatscookin.pdf:
In 1992, Los Angeles emerged from a period of civil unrest that had wreaked economic and social havoc on the city. Los Angeles faced serious food security problems, including significant levels of hunger, inadequate government support programs, and an overwhelmed emergency food network. These problems were made worse by the lack of basic infrastructure in the inner city, where there were few supermarkets, generally high food prices, limited public transportation options, and no integrated policy framework to address these problems.
A local university and a nonprofit group teamed up to run a study on the problem. The goal was to analyze the problem, evaluate what options there were for fixing it, and finally "Propose a framework for food security planning that is equitable, economically efficient, and environmentally sound."
The project had pretty much no budget, but the university and the nonprofit helped in whatever ways they could. As the study progressed, students and other nonprofit organizations got involved, and also donated their time and resources. They looked at demographics, land use, existing sources of food, and trends in food support programs and supermarket development.
When all was said and done,
The research from the project was compiled and published as Seeds of Change: Strategies for Food Security for the Inner City. Other outcomes included:
◗ Formation of the LA Community Food Security Network and the LA Food Security and Hunger
Partnership (a food policy council)
◗ Further growth of community gardens and farmers’ markets, and increased food stamp outreach at
farmers’ markets
◗ Examples and inspiration that helped spark food a****sments in other cities
◗ Increased awareness that catalyzed the movement for food security in the United States, including
establishment of the Community Food Security Coalition in 1994
The Community Food Service Coalition publishes a guidebook (available free online at http://www.foodsecurity.org/cfa_guidebook.html) on how to do a community food a****sment. This looks like a great guide to a tool that can help understand, and help influence, local food security issues.
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