Daniel Block

TL;DR: In this study, item availability and produce quality varied greatly between store types, which has consequences in terms of food purchasing decisions and dietary quality that public health professionals should acknowledge.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present five independently conducted studies from Oakland and Chicago that investigate how low-income people eat, where and how they shop, and what motivates their food choices.

TL;DR: The idea of food sovereignty has its roots primarily in the response of small producers in developing countries to decreasing levels of control over land, production practices, and food access as mentioned in this paper, and the authors believe that the ideas associated with food sovereignty will lead to the construction of solutions to what is often called the “food desert” issue that serve and empower communities in ways that less democratic solutions do not.

TL;DR: This paper describes an interdisciplinary partnership composed of a team of partners from four academic institutions and three community-based organizations representing a total of eight disciplines that included: community development and community organizing, community psychology, geography, nursing, nutrition, public health, sociology, and urban planning and policy.

TL;DR: Overall, availability and selection of commonly consumedfresh FV and availability of African-American culturally specific fresh FV improved after implementation of the new policy.