Report

Expanding the Audience of Farmers' Market Shoppers: Engaging Cal-Fresh & Latinx Customers

This Webinar from the 2022 California Small Farms Conference showcases the results of a years-long study on the needs and preferences of Latinx customers around shopping at Farmers Markets and…

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility | Design and location | Language and marketing

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Report

Farmers Markets And Whiteness

This radio show from Indiana Public Media does a fantastic job of covering several angles on the idea of farmers markets as white spaces, including the experiences of shoppers, the…

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility | Design and location | Operations and policy

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Report

Listening is First Step in Serving Native American Communities

This article from Food Bank News describes effective efforts to create farm direct food access programs to serve native communities, and offers an example of how to design community-centered programming.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility | Design and location | Operations and policy

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Research

Choosing and Siting Food Access Interventions: Food Mirages and Produce Stands in Portland, Oregon

This research paper by author Love Jonson provides a method for using mapping technology to site farm stands in neighborhoods effected by gentrification where low income residents may not be…

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility | Design and location | Farm Stands, CSAs, and Mobile Markets | Farm Stands

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Webinar

Closing the Gap on Food & Nutrition Security

From the 2021 Ohio Nutrition Incentive Network Convening, this presentation on projects designed to connect families in need of food access support with local farm direct sales. In particular, this…

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility | SNAP, EBT, and Nutrition Incentive Programs | Design and location | Data collection and evaluation | Farm Stands, CSAs, and Mobile Markets | Box Programs

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Example

Sayler Park Community and Food Asset Maps

In 2019, Produce Perks worked with the community of Sayler Park in Cincinnati to implement a Produce Prescription program and increase access to healthy food within the community. A part…

Messaging, Marketing, and Engagement | Design and location | Getting on the map | Understanding your community and customers | Grassroots outreach

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Research

Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America

This interactive map created by scholars at University of Richmond, Virginia Tech, and University of Maryland offers information and visualizations of property redlining in cities across America begun during the…

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility | Design and location

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How-to

Toolkit: How to Create a [freespace]

This toolkit from [freespace] is an open-source guide to creating shared community spaces by partnering with space owners. May be helpful for organizations looking to find space for events or…

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility | Design and location

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Resource List

Universal Design: Parks and Plazas

This web page from American Society of Landscape Architects addresses universal design (design that is inclusive and welcoming to all) in parks and plazas, with many of its recommendations relevant…

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility | Design and location

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Quick Tips

Inclusive Farmers Markets

This list of recommendations from the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) is about how farmers markets can be more inclusive; it can serve as a checklist…

Design and location | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

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