{"id":166080,"date":"2024-10-23T10:09:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/?p=166080"},"modified":"2024-10-23T10:11:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:11:08","slug":"exploring-food-assets-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2024\/10\/exploring-food-assets-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Ground Exploring a Community\u2019s Food Assets with Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next time you go for a walk through your neighborhood, make a list of every place where food is grown or provided and where it\u2019s not, such as the 20-block stretch that has no grocery store or food asset. People here have to walk a long way for a cup of coffee or fresh vegetables. Now transpose that list onto a map of the area. That long walk now appears as a food desert. This is a food asset map\u2014a pictorial representation of where food is available and, more importantly, where it\u2019s not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food maps can show the locations of all the food banks in a region to more specific food assets such as fruit-bearing bushes and trees found along your street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the village of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lumby.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lumby<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in B.C.\u2019s North Okanagan Valley, the non-profit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/landtotablenetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Land to Table<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked with the local government to create a food asset map to determine if or how village-owned agricultural land could be turned into a community food asset. \u201cBased on mapping out what the community has, we could see what is missing,\u201d says Liz Blakely, the group\u2019s executive director.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasingly used by nonprofits and city planners, food maps paint a hard-to-ignore visual depiction of an area\u2019s access to food.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Connecting dots and people: Vancouver Food Asset Map<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;A food asset map gives us more information about what&#8217;s going on or available in neighborhoods,&#8221; says Ian Marcuse, coordinator of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vancouverfoodnetworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (VNFN), a non-profit organization promoting food security throughout the city and the group responsible for current updates to the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vancouverfoodnetworks.com\/vancouver-food-asset-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver Food Asset Map<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (FAM).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FAM<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">depicts nearly 1,000 assets, ranging from urban farms, community orchards,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and gardens to food assistance programs, school breakfast programs, and grocery stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen we reach out to assets, it also builds relations,\u201d says Marcuse. These interactions not only help maintain the accuracy of the map but also open the door for new resources, such as Indigenous food programs that make food systems more inclusive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta take-action\">\n<div class=\"mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta-flex\">\n<p><a class=\"full\" title=\"Take Action\" href=\"mapping_local_food_webs_toolkit.pdf (foodmatters.org)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full_link<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex\">\n<p class=\"title mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta-title h1\">Take Action<\/p>\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p>Create your own food map.<\/p>\n<div class=\"svg mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta-svg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elvira Chan is the partner engagement coordinator for the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/divisionsbc.ca\/vancouver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver Divisions of Family Practice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a non-profit organization whose goal is to support physician members and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">advocate they receive the necessary tools to look after patients. Chan<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recently contacted the VNFN about food maps. \u201cDoctors,\u201d says Chan, \u201cdon\u2019t always know what is out there and available to them.\u201d A map, as part of a larger resource package doctors can disseminate to patients who are looking for healthy eating options or who have expressed food security concerns, is a useful tool, she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodstash.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food Stash<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a not-for-profit Vancouver-based food recovery program, also finds the map a valuable resource tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe get emails, phone calls and people onsite every day looking for food. We keep a running list [based on the asset map] of programs we know have space or are a low-cost option while people are put on a waitlist,\u201d says Anna Gray, communications coordinator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Available for anyone to access through the VNFN\u2019s website, since the FAM became available to the public in 2017, it has accumulated more than 400,000 views.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Feeding America: Map the Meal Gap<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/map.feedingamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Map the Meal Gap<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was created in 2011 by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeding America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the largest charity dedicated to ending hunger in the United States. This map provides an in-depth, visual representation of food insecurity across America showing a county-by-county breakdown of food access highlighting barriers to nutritious food and how much funding and meals are needed to close the gap between those who have enough to eat and those who don\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166087\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/map.feedingamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-dominant-color=\"aec5a1\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #aec5a1;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166087 has-transparency\" src=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Modern-Farmer-food-asset-maps-feeding-america-png.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Modern-Farmer-food-asset-maps-feeding-america-png.webp 1280w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Modern-Farmer-food-asset-maps-feeding-america-560x312.webp 560w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Modern-Farmer-food-asset-maps-feeding-america-1200x669.webp 1200w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Modern-Farmer-food-asset-maps-feeding-america-768x428.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map the Meal Gap. Image from Feeding America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Groundbreaking in 2011, the map is updated annually with data transcribed from government census reports and sources such as the USDA. But why a map when a written report would provide similar information? \u201cWe wanted a visual,\u201d says <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emily Engelhard, vice president of food security and well-being research and insights<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cWe wanted to have a tool that anyone could click onto in their state and county and play around with to see how food insecurity looked different in their community compared to another.\u201d Food insecurity, as Engelhard notes, is found in every state and every county of the US. In 2023, for example,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/topics\/food-nutrition-assistance\/food-security-in-the-u-s\/key-statistics-graphics\/#:~:text=13.5%20percent%20%2818.0%20million%29%20of%20U.S.%20households%20were,than%20the%2012.8%20percent%20%2817.0%20million%29%20in%202022.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13.5 percent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of all US households experienced some level of food insecurity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta read-more\">\n<div class=\"mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta-flex\">\n<p><a class=\"full\" title=\"Read More\" href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2024\/07\/from-community-for-community-the-rise-of-the-free-fridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full_link<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex\">\n<p class=\"title mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta-title h1\">Read More<\/p>\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p>From Community, For Community: The Rise of the Free Fridge: Community fridges have been around for more than a decade. Why has this form of mutual aid become so popular?<\/p>\n<div class=\"svg mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta-svg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To gauge the effectiveness of the map, every year, Feeding America sends out a survey to food banks in its network. Seventy-five percent of food banks that respond report using the MMG &#8220;often&#8221; or &#8220;always&#8221; to allocate resources effectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonfoodbank.org\/about-us\/locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oregon Food Bank\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> five main locations, food is distributed to communities across Oregon and Southwest Washington State. In 2023, there were 1.9 million visits to food assistance sites within the network\u2014a 14-per cent increase over 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cThe map,\u201d says Morgan D. Dewey, media and engagement manager, \u201calso helps highlight that food insecurity disproportionately impacts particular communities\u2014such as Black, Indigenous, and Communities of Color; immigrants and refugees; single moms and caregivers; and trans and gender-expansive individuals\u2014regardless of geography.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By addressing these disparities, the map becomes an essential tool in ensuring everyone has access to resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Ohio maps that tell an artful story<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Alan Wight is the community and school forest garden liaison at the University of Cincinnati. In his spare time, he works with organizations such as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eatlocalcorv.org\/who-we-are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Eat Local Central Ohio River Valley<\/a> (CORV) to help community organizations create food maps.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food maps to Wight are a form of art. Inspired by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartstory.org\/movement\/situationist-international\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Situationist International<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a mid-20th-century movement that used the concept of mapping to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">change the way people think about the spaces around them, Wight hopes the food maps he facilitates create an artful expression and a new way for a community or groups to appreciate the local food system around them.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166088\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e3e6e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e3e6e3;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166088 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Modern-Farmer-Food-Map-Northside-Fruit-Park-Poster-courtsery-of-R.-Alan-Wight-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Modern-Farmer-Food-Map-Northside-Fruit-Park-Poster-courtsery-of-R.-Alan-Wight-jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Modern-Farmer-Food-Map-Northside-Fruit-Park-Poster-courtsery-of-R.-Alan-Wight-519x346.webp 519w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Modern-Farmer-Food-Map-Northside-Fruit-Park-Poster-courtsery-of-R.-Alan-Wight-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Modern-Farmer-Food-Map-Northside-Fruit-Park-Poster-courtsery-of-R.-Alan-Wight-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northside Fruit Park Poster. Image courtesy of R. Alan Wight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating a map is a year-long process that begins by talking to community stakeholders about what they\u2019d like represented on the map. \u201cSometimes, it can be as simple as the convenience stores and grocery stores or as detailed as where the fruit and nut trees are growing,\u201d says Wight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small groups are formed to walk through neighborhoods documenting these assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first map Wight helped a community create was of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eatlocalcorv.org\/food-maps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camp Washington<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Cincinnati neighborhood. Depicting <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">convenience stores, restaurants, community and school gardens, meat-processing and packaging facilities, the map is an artful display of logos that guides the user through a labyrinth of food assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downloadable from the Eat Local CORV website, Wight says that the maps are often made into posters and displayed at community centers and other neighborhood gathering spots. But, as far as he is concerned, how they are disseminated is secondary. It\u2019s the community engagement in designing the map that to him is the biggest benefit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s the process,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat comes out of the discussions lives much longer than the map.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta learn-more\">\n<div class=\"mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta-flex\">\n<p><a class=\"full\" title=\"Learn More\" href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2024\/10\/city-planning-food-security-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full_link<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex\">\n<p class=\"title mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta-title h1\">Learn More<\/p>\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p>City Planning for Food Security in the Face of Climate Change: Climate change negatively impacts food security. A reader wrote in asking how their city could plan for it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"svg mfo-wysiwyg-custom-cta-svg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next time you go for a walk through your neighborhood, make a list of every place where food is grown or provided and where it\u2019s not, such as the 20-block stretch that has no grocery store or food asset. People here have to walk a long way for a cup of coffee or fresh vegetables. 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