Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1048745 | Health & Place | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Several studies have examined supermarket access for low-income residents, but few have explored how access to healthy food changes when a new food retailer such as a farmers’ market opens in a place previously known as a ‘food desert’. This paper uses a ‘before and after’ approach to examine the impact of the introduction of a farmers’ market on the price and availability of healthy food in an underserved urban neighbourhood. The farmers’ market had a major impact on grocery prices in the neighbourhood, which decreased by almost 12% in 3 years.
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Authors
Kristian Larsen, Jason Gilliland,