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Jillian Bernardini, a graduating senior at Wagner College, used this Power Point slideshow in delivering her senior thesis presentation.
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Healthy Food Access in New York City: Low-Income Families Living in Food Deserts and
the Role of Alternative Food Networks
Grant Proposal, Spring 2010Jillian BernardiniWagner College
What is a food desert?
Lack fresh foods
Supermarket redlining
Food insecurity
Low-income families affected most
How are food deserts formed?
Fresh food availability Physical barriers Public transportation and
accessibility Time and money
constraints
Consequences of food deserts:
Unhealthy environment Limited food options:
what’s available? Poor health Higher rate of lifestyle
diseases
Alternative Food Networks (AFNs)
Farmers’ markets
Community supported agriculture (CSA)
Community gardens
Food cooperatives
Social Space and Praxis
Gramsci’s ideological hegemony
Practice theory/role of the individual
Habitus (Bourdieu) Move food access
to community level
Research Objectives
Decrease food access = increase costs (time, money, disease)
Reliance on convenience stores and fast foods
Research Objectives, cont.
Foods purchased will affect health negatively
Assume no other alternatives
AFNs as a solution
Method and Research Plan, part 1
Resource mapping Two locations; categorized
by type, cost, and what is purchased
Locate public transportation and access
Method and Research Plan, part 2
Ethnographic interviews Open-ended questions
with food shoppers, AFN members, and AFN employees
Method and Research Plan, part 3
Participant-Observation Greenmarket, GrowNYC: type
of AFN
Relationships with key informants
Significance
Benefits from a food desert? Annual cost of diet-related diseases Public health Level of income Awareness Benefits from AFNs
Thank you
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