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Food Insecurity in the Central Valley

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Megan: Policy regarding food accessibility/affordability, demographics of central valley

The demographics of the Central Valley varies considering the Central Valley spans 450 miles lengthwise and 40-60 miles width-wise (CITE Central Valley WIKI). The valley spans from Redding down to Bakersfield and includes two valleys; the northern Sacramento Valley and the southern San Joaquin Valley. The valley is comprised of 18 counties total, which include: Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sacramento, El Dorado, Sutter, Yuba, Yolo, Placer, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Kern counties.

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CA Central Valley Wiki Page, CA Food Department Wiki Page

I would like to address the irony of lacking food accessibility and affordability for farmers within the central valley. I would like to analyze the demographics of the central valley farming communities and understand what types of food policies are in place (or even what types of food policies are lacking) that assist farm workers in this area.

https://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/interactive/saipe.html?s_appName=saipe&map_yearSelector=2015&map_geoSelector=aa_c&s_state=06&menu=grid_proxy (percentages living in poverty per county)

http://www.centralvalleyafterschool.org/case-for-afterschool/central-valley-demographics/ (This is one of the only spots I've found some demographic info, seems like it would be more available. "Central Valley" encompasses numerous counties and cities though, so I may need to dive a little deeper and look into the demographics, income, poverty level, diversity, etc. per county. There are 18 counties and I'm going to elaborate on each county to add some length and in-depth info to this page!)http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(15)00863-X/fulltext

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&AN=118250372&site=eds-live

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Sheena Hamid:

Roughdraft:

(I will properly cite everything before posting!)

Central Valley Food Insecurity and its effects on Children

            The Central Valley is home to one of the largest agricultural regions in the United States, however it still suffers from food deserts. It is also the home to a predominantly Latino or Mexican heritage communities. Studies have also shown that Latino children are more obese than other races. It has been a recurring issue that Latino community in the Central Valley face higher rates of childhood obesity . Studies have encouraged programs to start instilling more healthy eating habits and exercise. In 2006, the Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program (CCROPP) was created to do just that. They prove that it's possible to improve the lifestyles of those who may live in food deserts and other under-resourced communities by implementing obesity-prevention tips. Central Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) is another program that encourages a partnership between family farms and the communities around them. They specifically have a school program to connect students with fresh produce. This is to essentially build an interest and awareness in local agriculture.

-Talk more about the different programs and find "success stories"

-Find more stats on the effects food insecurity has on Children

-How are farmworker children more affected? http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=a8ebc2e1-c70c-4173-b53f-15bc52f50c6e%40sessionmgr4007&vid=12&hid=4114

Links

http://download.springer.com/enwiki/static/pdf/937/art%253A10.1007%252Fs10460-004-5870-y.pdf?originUrl=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs10460-004-5870-y&token2=exp=1489287295~acl=%2Fstatic%2Fpdf%2F937%2Fart%25253A10.1007%25252Fs10460-004-5870-y.pdf%3ForiginUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flink.springer.com%252Farticle%252F10.1007%252Fs10460-004-5870-y*~hmac=419390eff02687715cbec9873e21f0522572fb9dc76b70f38bdab11dc38a312a

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Becky:

Within the topic of food insecurity and food deserts there are many effects on agricultural workers, particularly in central California that I want to explore.

Intro to subsection: Background of agriculture workers in central California (demographics, wages, employment, etc.)

Information on immigrant workers and their health benefits/lack of benefits and access to food (data on this may be a little difficult to find).

Food access for agriculture workers. I will be looking at how many workers require assistance with getting enough to eat and what the food bank programs are like in the area.

Tying together the concepts of food insecurity and food deserts and how they are effecting the people that produce our food in the central valley.

I plan to research the following sources more in addition to finding others:

Minkoff-Zern, Laura-Anne. "Subsidizing Farmworker Hunger: Food Assistance Programs and the Social Reproduction of California Farm Labor." Geoforum, vol. 57, 01 Nov. 2014, pp. 91-98.

Kohl-Arenas, Erica. "Will the Revolution Be Funded? Resource Mobilization and the California Farm Worker Movement." Social Movement Studies, vol. 13, no. 4, Oct. 2014, pp. 482-498.

McCurdy, S A, et al. "Region of Birth, Sex, and Agricultural Work of Immigrant Latino Farm Workers: The MICASA Study." Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, vol. 20, no. 2, Apr. 2014, pp. 79-90.

"Undocumented Workers." The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History. : Oxford University Press, 2013. Oxford Reference. 2013.

Street, Richard Steven. Beasts of the Field : A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.

"United States Statistics." RAND State Statistics. N.p., n.d.

Food swamps draft - Adele

Food swamps are regions where sources of unhealthy foods outnumber sources of healthy, fresh foods. It describes areas in which there is not a lack of food, but areas where there are many food options that are nutritionally deficient, typically high calorie but not high quality. Populations who live in food swamps, such as the urban poor, are often unable to obtain fruits, vegetables, and other unprocessed foods. Some commonly seen components of food swamps are corner stores and fast food restaurants. Living in a food swamp can be considered a type of food insecurity since according to the USDA Economic Research Service, low food security is defined as “reduced quality, variety, or desirability of diet” with “little or no indication of reduced food intake,” and food swamps have very little quality and variety of diet. Food security encompasses both the physical availability of food, but also the choices that are or are not available.

Many Latino households in particular suffer from food security in the form of limited access to fruits and vegetables. A large portion of these households probably have at least one family member working as farm laborers, since the overall California farm workforce is 92% Latino, with Mexican-born workers being the vast majority. In 2013, Mexican-born workers made up 68% of farmworkers. Although it is indirect, one sign that these populations suffer from food swamps is how many Mexican farmworker families find their diets while in America to be much more “processed” compared to their “diverse and fresh” diets back in Mexico. Higher numbers of corner stores have been observed in low income communities and communities with large minority populations.

- adding more details specific to Central Valley and Latino households, farmworker access to fresh foods

- what is the relationship between Central Valley communities and food swamps?

- maybe more details about corners stores and their relationship to health/swamps

- compare/contrast with food deserts?

Minkoff-Zern, Laura-Anne. "Hunger Amidst Plenty: Farmworker Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies in California." Local Environment, vol. 19, no. 2, Feb. 2014, pp. 204-219. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/13549839.2012.729568.

Kaiser, LL, et al. "Food Insecurity and Food Supplies in Latino Households with Young Children." Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior, vol. 35, no. 3, May/Jun2003, pp. 148-153. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=106710206&site=eds-live.

Olson, Christine M., et al. "Factors Protecting against and Contributing to Food Insecurity among Rural Families." Family Economics & Nutrition Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 12-20. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=14397393&site=eds-live.

Oexle, Nathalie, et al. "Research Report: Neighborhood Fast Food Availability and Fast Food Consumption." Appetite, vol. 92, 01 Sept. 2015, pp. 227-232. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/j.appet.2015.05.030.

Ortega, Alexander N., et al. "Substantial Improvements Not Seen in Health Behaviors Following Corner Store Conversions in Two Latino Food Swamps." BMC Public Health, vol. 16, no. 1, 11 May 2016, pp. 1-10. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3074-1.

Hui, Luan, et al. "Identifying Food Deserts and Swamps Based on Relative Healthy Food Access: A Spatio-Temporal Bayesian Approach." International Journal of Health Geographics, vol. 14, 30 Dec. 2015, pp. 1-11. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1186/s12942-015-0030-8.

Rose, Donald et al. “The Importance of a Multi-Dimensional Approach for Studying the Links between Food Access and Consumption.” The Journal of Nutrition 140.6 (2010): 1170–1174. PMC. Web. 28 Feb. 2017.