However, there is a fast-growing trend to bridge potential fresh and perishable food waste with charitable organizations in need of nutritious foods to give to people struggling with food insecurity in communities (e.g., see the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, 2017). With the use of web-based...
With food security increasingly seen as an urban concern, urban agriculture (UA) has emerged as one strategy for improving access to healthy, affordable food within cities in the Global North. This research evaluates the contributions of three types of urban gardens in Santa Clara County, ...
The country presents a significant agrobiodiversity of natural food resources, unfortunately underutilized or neglected, which could solve, at least in part, the problems of food insecurity and malnutrition. This study was mainly aimed to evaluate the potentialities of the fruits of Artocarpus altilis...
We define access based on distance and then calculate potential food insecurity using either poverty rates or a food insecurity index. We apply these methods in a case study analysis of Santa Clara County, California. Our findings suggest that food assistance distribution locations match the areas ...