Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Jan 2020
Results of a study using surveys, interviews, and garden visits to households in rural, western Pennsylvania to explore behavior and motivations of rural food gardeners and the challenges they face. Discusses the financial, spiritual, and ecological value of gardening, and opportunities for community support.
...faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Pennsylvania...
Date: Aug 2018
Highlights a study on an intervention to address barriers to food access in economically impoverished rural communities. Focuses on 24 counties in 6 Midwestern states and details the various assessment tools used to evaluate the needs of the community and the success of the intervention.
...Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Public health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Indiana · Michigan...
Date: May 2022
A recorded webinar that discusses food access issues in rural communities and solutions to overcome barriers. Focuses on challenges of transportation, limited income, and staffing, while also providing success stories that describe food banks, mobile feeding buses, farmers markets, and more. Transcript available below description.
...Hamby, Alicia Linares, Yolanda Minor 05/2022 No Kid Hungry Access · Food security and nutrition · Transportation...
Date: Mar 2024
Describes poverty and food insecurity in New Hampshire using population-level data and historical comparisons. Explores the geographic prevalence of poverty and food insecurity within the state and between states, and compares poverty and food insecurity rates in rural and urban areas of New Hampshire.
...Policy Institute Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · New Hampshire...
Date: Jun 2018
Reports on the effectiveness of the Faith, Activity, and Nutrition physical activity and healthy eating program implemented in 59 rural churches located in a medically underserved South Carolina county. Discusses the acceptance and reach of program, program impact, and the potential for broader distribution.
...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Population health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Jan 2025
Examines food insecurity for families in tribal areas and the use of federal food programs. Analyzes data from the Family Spirit FOOD (Finding Opportunities and Options for Distribution of Nourishing Food for Tribal Communities) Survey to analyze use of congregate and rural non-congregate Summer Meals Programs.
...Health, No Kid Hungry Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Tribal communities...
Date: Sep 2020
Investigates the relationship between place effects, or food environment, and prevalence of chronic diseases in West Virginia. Features data and statistics on how areas with access to different food vendors (hot spots) and those that lack food providers (cold spots) impact diabetes and obesity rates, with information broken down by rural or urban setting.
...Food security and nutrition · Income · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Deadline: Dec 1, 2026
Grants to support projects that improve health and well-being in communities in the Western Tidewater region of Virginia and North Carolina. The foundation focuses on populations experiencing barriers to health and well-being based on geographic location and other factors.
...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina · Virginia...
Date: Mar 2018
Examines the use of a dietary screening tool (DST) utilizing surveys, anthropometry, and dietary recalls to assess nutritional risk in rural older adults living in Appalachia. Includes statistics on patient characteristics and medical history by risk category.
...03/2018 Appalachia · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Feb 2026
Profiles the Greenwood Counts Community Consortium's (GC3) Food and Hunger Alliance in South Carolina, a Local Food Policy Council (LFPC) focused on improving food systems and providing non-congregate meal options for rural families and children. Discusses the purpose and impact of LFPCs and their role in addressing food insecurity.
...Hungry Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration · Policy · South Carolina...