How can fresh produce can be more available to low-income households.

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1. Iryna Sharaievska. 2018. The Privilege of Healthy Eating: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Local Food Choices of Low-Income Families from Appalachia. https://search-ebscohost-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=132405218&site=ehost-live&scope=site

This article points out the perception of healthy eating, local farmers markets and visitations of farmers markets from low-income women. It is noted that these low-income women have visited a farmers market at least once. Even though they have an understanding of healthy eating, they believe their eating styles could improve. Using qualitative semi-structured interviews, 15 low-income women of different ages were asked to discuss their perceptions of healthy eating, local farmers' markets, as well as their visitation of farmers' markets. The participants were also asked to share what features of farmers' markets they found appealing. The results showed that most of the participants had either a deep or moderate understanding of what it means to eat healthy. However, many of them also believed they could improve their own patterns of eating. The data also showed that the low-income women who took part in the study had positive attitudes overall toward local farmers' markets, despite rather low levels of visitation (only 5 participants had visited farmers' market at least once and only one of them visited farmers' market on a regular basis). Lastly, participants discussed constraints that prevented them from visiting farmers' markets more often and provided suggestions for possible facilitators to increase the frequency of their use of farmers' markets.

2. Justin L Schupp. 2017. Cultivating Better Food Access? The Role of Farmers' Markets in the U.S. Local Food Movement. https://search-ebscohost-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=123589374&site=ehost-live&scope=site

In this article it is explored how farmers market are accessible across the United States. In recent years there local food movement has grown significantly. Identifying individuals to probe on increases or decreases of a farmers market being located within their borders. The local food movement has grown substantially in the United States in recent years. Proponents have hailed this growth as a shift away from a conventional food system rife with inequality toward one that introduces more just outcomes for society. While the movement's development and popularity have proliferated, little research has examined nationally how successful it is at delivering on its promises. By combining the social movement and food system literatures with quantitative methodology, this article examines the accessibility of the farmers' market across the United States. Using multivariate logistic regression, the analysis focuses on several identifying characteristics of individuals within and characteristics of neighborhoods across the United States to explore what increases (or decreases) the likelihood of a farmers' market being located within their boundaries. The results suggest that several social, economic, and racial differences exist between those living in areas with farmers' markets and those in areas that do not. Additionally, the analysis found that several neighborhood characteristics significantly influence the likelihood of a farmers' market being present, including a neighborhood's socioeconomic status, the quality of neighborhood infrastructure, participation rates in social support programs, and the prevalence of poverty. In addition to posing questions of accessibility for the local food movement this research contributes to our understanding of grassroots social movements by examining the avenues and potential limitations that they negotiate while ensuring their stated goals are reached.

3. Paula Jones. 2011. Supporting Equitable Food Systems Through Food Assistance at Farmers' Markets. https://search-ebscohost-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=60728569&site=ehost-live&scope=site

4. Bryce Lowery. 2016. Do Farmers' Markets Increase Access to Healthy Foods for All Communities? Comparing Markets in 24 Neighborhoods in Los Angeles. https://search-ebscohost-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=116464917&site=ehost-live&scope=site

The author describes a healthy diet of fresh vegetables and fruits are not accessible to non-white low-income neighborhoods. A comparison have been done whether farmers markets lessen the distinction experience of low-income and non-white communities. Fresh fruits and vegetables by farmers markets are smaller in low-income and non-white communities than that in wealthy communities. Problem, research strategy, and findings: Farmers' markets provide one option for remedying the startling decline in fresh vegetable and fruit consumption in the United States, particularly in low-income, non-White neighborhoods where opportunities to access these components of a healthy diet are often limited. We lack empirical research on whether farmer's markets provide fresh vegetables and fruits consistently across locations. We audited product offerings at 24 farmers' markets in Los Angeles at two points in time and interviewed a sample of market managers to compare market offerings across neighborhoods to determine whether farmers' markets alleviate disparities experienced by low-income and non-White communities. Farmers' markets in low-income and non-White communities are smaller and provide fewer fresh fruits and vegetables than markets situated in more affluent communities. Managers suggest that their first priority is to stock fresh produce, but other factors such as competition and farmer recruitment and retention often influence market offerings. Takeaway for practice: Planners cannot count on farmers' markets to fully remedy disparities in the availability of fresh vegetables and fruits. We need additional research to understand the range of social, ecological, and health benefits created by farmers' markets in a neighborhood. Planners should begin working with other agencies to conduct community food assessments to better evaluate strategies for addressing inequalities seen in neighborhood access to healthy food

5. Shermain Hardesty. 2015. WIC fruit and vegetable vouchers: Small farms face barriers in supplying produce. https://search-ebscohost-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=103707297&site=ehost-live&scope=site

6. Jeffrey P. Koplan. 2005. Preventing Childhood Obesity. https://search-ebscohost-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=16737953&site=ehost-live&scope=site

7. Lydia Zepeda. 2017. Potential Demand for Local Fresh Produce by Mobile Markets. https://www.ams.usda.gov/publications/content/potential-demand-local-fresh-produce-mobile-markets

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