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Item A farmers' market in a food desert : evaluating walkability and streetscape as factors of farmers' market effectiveness in food accessibility : the case of Farmers' Market East in Austin, Texas(2015-05) Pedraza Sanchez, Lauramaria; Jiao, Junfeng; Zhang, MingFood deserts are defined by absence of large grocery stores to access affordable food that constitute a healthy diet resulting in high levels of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in the community. Farmers' markets have resulted as an approach to improving food accessibility in food deserts, however the lack of public transportation, incomplete sidewalks, and dilapidated streetscape in many American neighborhoods, can really affect farmers markets' usage. To answer this question, this research uses the Sustainable Food Center (SFC) Farmers Market East Austin as a case study area to investigate how built environment around the market affect its usage.Item Framing the food landscape of Travis County(2011-08) Banks, Karen Oren; Sletto, Bj¢rn; Osborne, Cynthia Anne, 1969-Food is something that we all need to survive but it is not something that we all have access to. In the mid 1990’s, a community-based movement arose to systematically address injustices in access to this basic human necessity. The community food security movement approaches issues of food security at each stage of the life cycle of food to ensure that each stage is sustainable, socially just, and equitable. This study uses this framework to challenge traditional notions of food security by critically examining the economic, social and environmental barriers to food equity in Austin, Texas. Austin is said to be one of the best cities to live in the United States, but not because it is food secure. This study therefore examines the food landscape of Travis County and the accessibility of food resources to meet the food needs of area residents. It utilizes a combination of quantitative analysis of food retail locations, focus groups and surveys to gather information about the food needs of underserved residents in Travis County.Item From the ground up : healthy food access in Central Texas(2010-12) West, Kelly Loeffler; Dahlby, Tracy; Lewis, AnneBeing able to afford nutritionally complete food that provides energy and health, and continuing to have access to that food day after day after day, is a luxury that's missing from the lives of the 460,000 Central Texans who are classified as food insecure by the USDA. This project is an attempt to understand what the issues surrounding healthy food access in Austin are, and what the potential solutions might be. The three nonprofits that are profiled in this report - Urban Roots, Karpophoreō and Sprouting Healthy Kids - use education, community building, and advocacy to try to get closer to that goal of not only feeding Central Texans nutritious food, but changing the entire community's relationship with that food.Item Reaching Austin's maximum agricultural production(2013-12) Gaffney, Kevin A.; Oden, MichaelAustin has residents that have health and nutrition issues that are linked to a lack of access to healthy foods. Some urban agriculture experts believe that one way to help mitigate the issue of access is to increase the amount of food that is produced locally. This report will look at planning issues involving food production, examine the amount of food that is being produce at farms located in Austin, make an inventory of available agricultural lands that have the potential for food growth, and make a basic calculation of how many people food from those lands could feed.