Start Date
2024 12:00 AM
Abstract
Where can you find food locally? Do all areas of the community have adequate access to food? These questions were answered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension in Brown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Door Counties for the Green Bay area through a research project and the resulting NEW Food Access Map. Brown County and neighboring counites provide food and nutrition assistance to local residents. Part of the assistance provided is directing people to local resources where they may obtain food. An important aspect of ensuring people are able to obtain food is to know where there may be gaps in individual consumer access to the local food system.
The map contains the locations where food is distributed to the consumer in Northeast Wisconsin (NEW). It provides current locations and operational details for grocery stores, ethnic grocery stores, farmers markets, community gardens, food pantries, meal sites, and stores that except Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card payments. EBT cards are the means used by those with limited income to purchase food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program. EBT is accepted at a variety of stores, including convenience stores, dollar stores, grocery stores, specialty food stores, and other stores that sell food to make at home. The NEW Food Access Map was developed to enable consumers to get directions, hours of operation, website, and other information.
The map is maintained by UW-Madison Extension with partners and volunteers from the communities ensuring that the information that is provided is current and accurate. This has enabled Extension to accurately show where there is limited access to food. Some of the data contained on the NEW Food Access Map is available through state and national sources. However, the data from these sources is less accurate than local knowledge, released months or years after it is collected, or is provided in a format that is not user friendly for the local food consumer. The NEW Food Access Map addresses these issues by providing all of the consumer distribution points, is continually updated by local observers, and by illustrating the consumer food distribution system in a format that can provide travel directions on a computer or smartphone.
Keywords
local food, mapping tool, food security map, Extension program
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Recommended Citation
Nehring, Patrick (2024). "NEW Food Access Map," Urban Food Systems Symposium. https://newprairiepress.org/ufss/2024/proceedings/9
NEW Food Access Map
Where can you find food locally? Do all areas of the community have adequate access to food? These questions were answered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension in Brown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Door Counties for the Green Bay area through a research project and the resulting NEW Food Access Map. Brown County and neighboring counites provide food and nutrition assistance to local residents. Part of the assistance provided is directing people to local resources where they may obtain food. An important aspect of ensuring people are able to obtain food is to know where there may be gaps in individual consumer access to the local food system.
The map contains the locations where food is distributed to the consumer in Northeast Wisconsin (NEW). It provides current locations and operational details for grocery stores, ethnic grocery stores, farmers markets, community gardens, food pantries, meal sites, and stores that except Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card payments. EBT cards are the means used by those with limited income to purchase food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program. EBT is accepted at a variety of stores, including convenience stores, dollar stores, grocery stores, specialty food stores, and other stores that sell food to make at home. The NEW Food Access Map was developed to enable consumers to get directions, hours of operation, website, and other information.
The map is maintained by UW-Madison Extension with partners and volunteers from the communities ensuring that the information that is provided is current and accurate. This has enabled Extension to accurately show where there is limited access to food. Some of the data contained on the NEW Food Access Map is available through state and national sources. However, the data from these sources is less accurate than local knowledge, released months or years after it is collected, or is provided in a format that is not user friendly for the local food consumer. The NEW Food Access Map addresses these issues by providing all of the consumer distribution points, is continually updated by local observers, and by illustrating the consumer food distribution system in a format that can provide travel directions on a computer or smartphone.
