Increasing access to fresh produce by pairing urban farms with corner stores: A case study in a low-income urban setting

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 2770-2774

  Gudzune, Kimberly A ^a,b   Welsh, Claire ^c   Lane, Elisa ^d   Chissell, Zach ^e   Anderson Steeves, Elizabeth ^c   Gittelsohn, Joel ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Whitelock Community Farm   (United States)

^e Real Food Farm Civic Works   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Community networks; Food supply; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EVALUATION STUDY; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCOME; MARYLAND; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; BALTIMORE; DIET; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL BUSINESS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84944353021     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015000051     Document Type: Article

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