Strategies to Assess and Enhance the Community Food Environment
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Keywords

Health Equity
Food Access
Food Security
Community Resilience
Food Systems

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Papanek, Alicia, Catherine G. Campbell, and Karla Shelnutt. 2023. “Strategies to Assess and Enhance the Community Food Environment : FCS3382/FY1521, 5/2023”. EDIS 2023 (3). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fy1521-2023.

Abstract

This document aims to enhance understanding of how community food environments (CFEs) are assessed and to present common strategies used by nonprofits, community organizations, Extension, and local and federal governments to improve CFEs. Written by Alicia Papanek, Catherine G. Campbell, and Karla Shelnutt, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, May 2023.

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