A Farmers’ Market in a Food Desert: Evaluating Farmers ...

Lian M. Boos

Farmers' Market in a Food Desert

Spring 2012

A Farmers' Market in a Food Desert: Evaluating Farmers' Market Effects on Food Accessibility in Richmond, CA

Lian M. Boos

ABSTRACT

Food deserts, areas where residents find it difficult to find healthy, affordable foods, contribute to rising levels of obesity and diet related diseases in many urban areas. Farmers' markets have emerged as an approach to improving food accessibility in food deserts, but little research has been done on their effectiveness in addressing food insecurity in food deserts. I used GIS to identify a farmers' market in Richmond, CA that was located in a food desert, and surveyed its customers to determine whether it was an effective means of providing healthy foods to a local population that would otherwise lack food accessibility. Customers who lacked access to healthy food without the farmers' market purchased a greater percentage of their food at the farmers' market than those who had access (p ................
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