Everyone at the Table: A community food equity assessment of Harrisonburg, VA
| dc.contributor.author | Bendfeldt, Eric S. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Schermerhorn, B. | en |
| dc.coverage.city | Harrisonburg | en |
| dc.coverage.country | United States | en |
| dc.coverage.state | Virginia | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-04T16:25:20Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-04T16:25:20Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-05-31 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In the 2014 Food Deserts in Virginia Report, Harrisonburg ranked 4th out of eight cities with reported high levels of low-income residents. According to the report, 18.4% of Harrisonburg residents are food insecure (8,860 people). A broad-based food equity assessment, Harrisonburg EATs (Everyone at the Table), was conducted to help the city and residents to strategically plan to improve food security and community well-being. Virginia Cooperative Extension, in collaboration with Skeo – a community planning and design firm based in Charlottesville, conducted research to learn how the local food system currently functions in meeting residents’ day-to-day food needs. The research included surveys, interviews, listening groups, data analysis, mapping priority equity zones, synthesizing recommendations, and highlighting community assets. Participants shared community-based goals for strengthening the Harrisonburg food system. The research and assessment identified six food equity zones based on specific food access and security criteria. Recommendations as a starting point for creating a more just, resilient, thriving community-focused food system in Harrisonburg included: 1) increase food retail spaces in food equity zones, 2) provide land for home and small-scale urban farming enterprises, 3) build capacity for urban and rural food and farming enterprises, 4) educate the community on food equity issues and opportunities, and 5) develop a Harrisonburg Food Equity Council. | en |
| dc.description.version | Published version | en |
| dc.identifier.orcid | Bendfeldt, ES [0000-0003-3655-1851] | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81521 | en |
| dc.relation.uri | https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/CV/cv-80/CV-81.pdf | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.title | Everyone at the Table: A community food equity assessment of Harrisonburg, VA | en |
| dc.type | Extension publication | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/Crop & Soil Environmental Science | en |