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BackgroundIt is estimated that 14% of the population in San
Diego County is food insecure1Food security is associated with
access to healthy foods and diet quality2Coastal Roots Farm (CRF)
is a nonprofit community farm located in Encinitas, CA that
practices sustainable farming and aims to share its harvests with
communities that lack access to healthy food3CRF produce is offered
to Community Resource Center (CRC) participants through its Food
Distribution Center (FDC)CRC offers a market-style FDC to allow
participant selection of available foods based on a point
system
Nutritional, Safe, and Locally Grown: Food Security through
Quality Produce Distribution by Coastal Roots Farm and its
PartnersEmma Romberg, Nadia TabatabaeepourUniversity of California,
San Diego Department of Family Medicine and Public HealthCoastal
Roots Farm
1 Map the Meal Gap.Feeding America San Diego. 2013. Available
at: http://feedingamericasd.org/hunger-research/map-the-meal-gap/.
Accessed March 28, 2016.2 Hunger Study.Feeding America San Diego.
2013. Available at:
http://feedingamericasd.org/hunger-research/hunger-study/. Accessed
March 28, 2016.3 Coastal Roots Farm.Coastalrootsfarmorg. 2016.
Available at: http://www.coastalrootsfarm.org/. Accessed March 28,
2016.ReferencesSemi-structured interviews with 10 representatives
of CRF and CRC completed in February
Observations in Food Distribution Center involving participant
behavior and existing produce options beginning March and lasting
into April
Two group-based discussions with approximately 10 CRC
participants in each group planned for April
Compilation and analysis of CRC Fresh Rescue Poundage Log, CRF
Harvest Logs, and CRC Food Distribution Center Points Sheets
beginning in AprilProject ObjectivesAssist in understanding how
effectively CRF has distributed fresh produce through its
partnerships to the local community
Identify and establish communication channels between CRF and
its partners
Using CRC as a case study, determine CRC participant awareness,
perceived value and use of produce grown by CRF
farmersAcknowledgmentsThis work was supported by UCSD BSPH Advanced
Practicum and Coastal Roots Farm. Contact InformationEmma Romberg
[email protected] [email protected]
The results will aid CRF to better understand the strengths of
produce distribution mechanisms already in place at partner
organizations and apply findings to future partnerships
This project will inform current and future efforts to
facilitate increased access to nutritional, safe, and locally grown
produce for food insecure individuals
Strengthening CRFs partnerships will help address some of the
determinants of health that contribute to food security
The project will help build a foundation for strengthening
current and future partnerships between CRF and UCSD BSPH Advanced
Practicum
CRF Harvest Log ExampleExamples of CRC Point Sheet, Fresh Rescue
Log
Accessed March 28, 2016, Retrieved from coastalrootsfarm.org
Accessed March 30, 2016, Retrieved from crcncc.orgCoastal Roots
Farm Mission
At Coastal Roots Farm, we seed, we grow, and we share. We seed
new ideas around sustainable farming and Jewish life; we grow
healthy food; and we share the harvest with our local
community.Accessed March 28, 2016, Retrieved from
coastalrootsfarm.org Methods ImplicationsPresented at UCSD Public
Health Research Day, La Jolla, CA, April, 2016.
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