Browsing by Subject "food desert"
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An on-campus community grocery store: A social purpose business model for Paul Quinn College
(2013-04-19)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Paul Quinn College (PQC) has a vision for becoming an engine for economic and social change in the community, transforming the lives of residents in PQC’s under-resourced neighborhood while providing ... -
Do Drugstores Contribute to Urban Food Deserts?
(2009-12)Problem This project explores the possible role of competition from chain pharmacies in the lack of access to healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods by seeking to answer the question, “How and to what extent is the ... -
Identifying barriers to sustainable food production by low resource producers and purchase by low income consumers in Washington and Beaufort Counties, North Carolina
(2014-04-25)Serving the interests of our client, Resourceful Communities of the Conservation Fund, our project investigates ways to better connect low-resource producers and low-income consumers of fresh produce in 31 low-income counties ... -
Improving Access to Healthy Food in Durham’s Food Deserts: A Policy Analysis
(2014-04-25)The USDA categorizes food deserts as low-income census tracts with poor access to fresh produce. This lack of access to healthy food has been linked to public health problems such as obesity, diabetes, strokes, and cardiovascular ...
