Food Justice Series Part I

Lesson 4: Food Landscapes

Spring 2021

We Are GrowNYC

In this workshop we will learn:

1 Intentions & Recap

2 Food Landscapes

3 Food & Health

4 Resources & Vocabulary

5 Connect with Us

1 Intentions & Recap

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Recap: Cultural Relevance

• Cultural Relevance
• Culture
• Identity
• Food Justice
• Cultural Markers

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Review: Food Security

Having access to nutritional and safe food at all times

Not having to resort to emergency food supplies, scavenging, stealing, or other coping strategies

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Review: Food Sovereignty

Right of people to define their own food systems and create their own food choices

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2 Food Landscapes

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An area where much of the population lives at least one mile from the nearest large grocery store

Food Deserts

Disproportionately affects People of Color

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Deserts are natural environments filled with a variety of life. Using it to describe man-made barren food landscapes can be problematic but since it is a term used often in this topic, it is important to recognize it.

Food Desert Disclaimer

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Video: Food Deserts

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Guided Questions

• What are some of the problems discussed in the video?
• What are some of the solutions discussed? Can you think of any other solutions not mentioned?
• How do you think your diet is impacted by the food around you?

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Food Apartheid

Quality and access to food in low income and communities of color are lacking on purpose

Religion/faith, economics, geography, play a role in food insecurity

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Video: Food Apartheid

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Food Swamps

Having more access to unhealthy food and limited access to healthy food

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Food Swamps: #Reality

• What do you notice first?
• How does this picture represent a food swamp?
• Could you use these terms to describe your community or somewhere you’ve been?

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3 Food & Health

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Health Effects

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Health Effects

• What does the key tell us about the map? What are we measuring?
• How do you think lack of supermarkets impact communities?
• Have you seen changes in your access to food since Covid-19?

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Health Effects

• What does the key tell us about the map? What are we measuring?
• Have you or your community been impacted by Covid-19?
• Have you seen changes in your community since Covid-19?

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Health Effects

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Guided Questions

• How are these maps similar? How are they different?
• What solutions would you create for residents that were both impacted by a lack of supermarkets and Covid-19?
• How do these maps make you feel?

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What is Food Justice?

Having the ability to choose between healthy food and fast food

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Post Activity

Pick one of the terms from this lesson (food swamp, food deserts, food apartheid, or food security) and create a visual to show what the word means. It can be a video, a cartoon, an Instagram post, a graphic novel - your choice.

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Sneak Peak

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Food Advocacy

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4 Resources & Vocabulary

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Resources

• Vice News: Finding Healthy Food in a Food Desert
• How The Rise of Supermarkets left out Black America
• Healthy Eating -CDC
• ABC News - NYC Stark Contrast Covid-19 Infection Rates Based Story

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Resources

• CDC - Preventing Chronic Disease
• NYC Food Deserts Talk and Action

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Key Vocabulary

• Food Deserts: An area where much of the population lives at least one mile from the nearest large grocery store
• Food Security: Having access to nutritional and safe food at all times
• Food Apartheid: Quality and access to food in low income and communities of color are lacking on purpose

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Key Vocabulary

• Apartheid: A system that allowed racial segregation in South Africa and West Africa (1946-1990’s)
• Food Swamps: Having more access to unhealthy food and limited access to healthy food
• Food Justice: Having the ability to choose between healthy food and fast food

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5 Contact Us

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Creator

@GrowNYC | www.grownyc.org

Chantel Kemp |ckemp@grownyc.org

Editors

Kristin Fields| kfields@grownyc.org

Laura Casaregola | lcasaregola@grownyc.org

Benice Mach| bmach@grownyc.org