Tag Archives: food deserts
Keeping the “Garden” in the Garden State
October 1, 2012I am obsessed with apples. Most people bemoan the waning weeks of summer; I get deliriously anxious. What I feel when I bite into my first Macintosh apple of the season, and experience that unmistakable snap and sublime blend of … Continue reading
Food for Thought: Defining Food Deserts and Understanding What Access to Food Means
July 25, 2012The recent discussion in popular media regarding the ties between obesity and food deserts, food swamps, and inequitable food access is helping both food system practitioners and researchers refine their definitions for, ideas about, and ways to communicate the importance … Continue reading
Which Comes First? The Chicken or the Egg? Supply or Demand?
September 28, 2011By Mary Seton Corboy and Matthew Brener, Greensgrow Farm with Alison Hastings, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Part 2 Picking up where we left off on Monday, we learned that Greensgrow Farm built an innovative mobile farmers market in Camden, but… … Continue reading
Which Comes First? The Chicken or the Egg? Supply or Demand?
September 26, 2011By Mary Seton Corboy and Matthew Brener, Greensgrow Farm with Alison Hastings, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Part 1 It was only last year that Greensgrow, a Philadelphia-based urban farm and food hub, was invited by the New Jersey Department … Continue reading