Today 35 million Americans including 13 million children are hungry or at risk of hunger. In a country with enormous wealth and abundant agricultural resources we are witnessing a failure of coordination and caring. No person in America has to be hungry. We believe this problem is solvable. In the District of Columbia more than 68,000 residents, including 35,000 children, are living on the edge of hunger. This problem is exacerbated by the paradoxical obesity rates of more than 24 percent and higher than average rates of diabetes, hypertension and other nutrition-related illness plaguing our community. The impact of poor nutrition will be devastating to our communities in the District of Columbia if we don’t act. If we don’t act in a wise fashion and if we don’t act now.
CONTENTS
i. Executive Summary
Major Findings
I. Introduction
II. Analyses of Food Resources in the District of Columbia
Grocery Stores
Convenience and Corner Markets
Farmer’s Markets
Cooperatives and Buying Clubs
Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture
Federal Nutrition Programs
Supplemental Food
III. The Community Food Security Scorecard
IV. Appendix
Appendix A: Map of Poverty in DC
Appendix B: Grocery Stores and Farmers Market Map Information
Appendix C: Farmer’s Markets- Locations & Schedules
Appendix D: For Further Information
Endnotes.
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