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441. The Possibility Shop - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Mar 28, 2025

The Possibility Shop in Maryland partners with health organizations, insurance navigators, food banks, and other agencies in order to provide health and human services and items like hygiene products, food, and clothing to people in need.

...Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Housing and homelessness · Human services · Infectious diseases · Sexual and reproductive...

442. State-Based Rural Grocery Policy Tracker - Resources
Reviewed: Feb 2026

Tracks state legislation that impacts rural grocers and communities. Allows user to submit relevant legislation to the tracker.

...legislation to the tracker. Kansas State University, Rural Grocery Initiative Food security and nutrition · Legislation and regulations...

443. Understanding the Rural Food Environment: Perspectives of Low-income Parents - Resources
Date: Apr 2011

Describes barriers rural, low-income families face to access quality, affordable, and healthful food. Concludes that remedies used in urban areas will not help to fix the problem of food deserts in rural areas.

...David Hartley Rural and Remote Health, 11(2), 1631 04/2011 Families · Food security and nutrition...

444. Developing an Agenda for Research about Policies to Improve Access to Healthy Foods in Rural Communities: A Concept Mapping Study - Resources
Date: Jun 2014

Identifies factors in accessing healthy, affordable food in rural areas of the U.S. and outlines a rural food policy research agenda.

...Sitaker, et al. BMC Public Health, 14, 592 06/2014 Food security and nutrition · Policy · Research methods and resources...

445. Maryland Food Charter: A Roadmap to a Healthy and Sustainable Food System - Resources
Date: Oct 2017

Details the values, goals, and recommendations of food system stakeholders throughout Maryland and encourages coordination and collaboration for a healthy, equitable, economically and environmentally sustainable food system. Includes recommendations for the five major food system sectors: production and processing, distribution, access, consumption, and recovery.

...recovery. 10/2017 The Institute for Public Health Innovation Access · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Maryland...

446. Factors Impacting Implementation of Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies in Rural Schools - Resources
Date: Feb 2023

Examines school policies and implementation related to nutrition and physical activity (PA) to understand the disproportionate rates of obesity in rural Latino children. Analyzes perceptions of policies and barriers from 20 interviews with stakeholders in Lower Yakima Valley of Eastern Washington State K-12 school districts. Discusses themes such as knowledge of school PA and nutrition policies as well as barriers and facilitators to policy implementation.

...Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Schools · Washington...

447. Increase Healthy Beverage Consumption and Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs): A Community Roadmap - Resources
Date: Feb 2021

Interactive resource provides guidance for tribal communities to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and promote healthy beverage options. Provides resources and information to support healthy beverage programs, such as how to conduct a needs assessment, identify stakeholders, and choose an appropriate strategy.

...Food security and nutrition · Needs assessment methods and resources · Planning and strategy methods and resources...

448. Food Insecurity in the Rural United States: An Examination of Struggles and Coping Mechanisms to Feed a Family among Households with a Low-Income - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Analyzes the barriers and strategies of low-income rural families around food insecurity. Reports on interviews with 153 primary grocery shoppers about their experiences related to affordability and adequacy of meals, difficulty in obtaining food and managing household food needs, and more. Includes demographic information about participants as well as selected quotes relating to their food insecurity experiences.

...Nutrients, 14(24), 5250 12/2022 Families · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Social determinants of health...

449. Rural Grocery Initiative - Resources
Reviewed: Jan 2026

Identifies and develops models to sustain retail sources of food for rural communities. Provides a toolkit for communities interested in establishing or maintaining a rural grocery store as well as a library of resources. Offers videos featuring rural grocery store projects and information on the National Rural Grocery Summit.

...store projects and information on the National Rural Grocery Summit. Access · Food security and nutrition...

450. Barriers to Access to Local Produce in an Early Childhood Setting in Rural Appalachia - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Analyzes access to fresh produce in early childhood programs in Appalachia as well as farm to school programming. Utilizes semi-structured interview feedback with program directors to examine issues such as staffing, increased work loads, regulations, and lack of funding, knowledge, parental involvement, and equipment.

...Development, 14(1), 169-183 10/2024 Appalachia · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Sustainability of programs...