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Neighborhood Food Infrastructure And Food Security In Metropolitan Detroit, Scott W. Allard, Maria V. Wathen, H. Luke Shaefer, Sandra K. Danziger
Neighborhood Food Infrastructure And Food Security In Metropolitan Detroit, Scott W. Allard, Maria V. Wathen, H. Luke Shaefer, Sandra K. Danziger
Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works
Concern about spatial access to food retailers and its relationship to household food security has increased in recent years, placing greater importance on understanding how proximity to food retailers is related to household food consumption. Using data from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study (MRRS), a panel survey of working‐age adults in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, this article explores whether access to the food retailers is associated with food insecurity. We use unique data about food retailers in metropolitan Detroit to develop an array of food retailer access measures that account for distance to nearest retailer, density of retailers, commute …
Syllabus: How To Recover A Truly Sustainable Food System: A Look At Food Waste And Recovery, Mary Bell, Angela Roell
Syllabus: How To Recover A Truly Sustainable Food System: A Look At Food Waste And Recovery, Mary Bell, Angela Roell
Sustainability Education Resources
This course is an introduction to food waste, and the impact waste has on our food system. We will introduces the current food recovery hierarchy, and examines how consumers, producers and distributors waste food. We will explore the environmental and social impact of food waste in our food system, and introduce social and policy initiatives employed to recover food. Students will read, refect and discuss the actionable steps being taken to shift our local food system's food waste into food recovery.