Food Access
Mapping Food Insecurity and Access in
Seattle and King County, prepared by King County Acting Food Policy
Council.
Benchmarking Access to Food Sources and Physical Activity
Facilities, prepared by Urban Form Lab, University of Washington
Department of Urban Design and Planning.
Healthy Food For All: Building
Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems in Detroit and Oakland,
published by Policy Link Center for Health and
Place.
Food
Environment Atlas, provides a spatial overview of a community’s
ability to access healthy food. Data compiled and published by United States
Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service.
Sound Food Report, prepared
by City of Seattle Staff and the University of Washington.
Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit,
published by the United State Department of Agriculture.
Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United
States: Farming from the City Center To the
Urban Fringe, published by Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC).
To view additional Urban Agriculture Publications offered by CFSC, click here.
Delridge Healthy Corner Store Project:
A Toolkit for Community Organizers and Storeowners, prepared by
University of Washington Department of Urban Design and Planning and the
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association.
Farmers
Market and Organic Food Finder, produced by the Local
Harvest Organization.
Washington State Farmers Market Manual: Guide to Starting
and Operating a Farmers Market, published by WSU Small Farms Team.
Resource
Centres on Urban Agriculture and Farm Security (RUAF) maintains a
comprehensive library of publications on issues pertaining to global food
security and urban farming.
GATHER IT! How to Organize an Urban
Fruit Harvest, a step-by-step guide to help communities start their
own volunteer-based fruit harvest projects.
Hyperlocavore, a website
that matches people in yard sharing arrangements and helps organizations
set up yard sharing programs, among other collaborative services.
Rainier Valley Food Action Project:
Increasing Access to Fresh Produce, prepared by Katherine Chen, a
Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow.
Farmer’s Garden, a website where backyard
gardeners can search by zip code to buy, sell, trade, or give away their extra
produce.
