MAPPING PROFILES

NEW Mapping the Movement for Healthy Food and Activity Environments in the United States Overview

This document summarizes the innovative efforts of 11 organizations advocating for improvements in food and activity environments within predominantly low-income neighborhoods and with African American and Latino residents. Each of the 11 community groups take on tough policy and
environmental change issues like increasing access to healthy food, addressing safety concerns, and cultivating opportunities for walking and bicycling. In both rural settings and urban neighborhoods throughout the country, these snapshots paint a picture of pervasive challenges to healthy eating and active living and explore creative solutions to improve health and quality of life.

Organizational Snapshots:

The Food Project of Boston: Youth and community central to urban food system

Community Farm Alliance: Bridging rural farm policy with urban food access

Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste: Farmworkers’ Union improves healthy food access and physical activity opportunities

Teton Valley Trails & Pathways: Physical activity and environmental stewardship galvanize rural community

Chicagoland Bicycle Federation: On the road to a healthier Chicago, policy advocates promote physical activity

Center for Economic Security: Healthy local food as a right not a privilege

Get Moving Kern and Greenfield Walking Group: Latino parents get things moving in rural Kern County

Lifelong Communities Initiative: Local government exercises commitment of walkable communities

New Orleans Food & Farm Network: Knocking down barriers to healthy food access

PEDS: Safer streets support walking in the Atlanta region

Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center: Using a wide-angle lens to eliminate hunger and improve nutrition

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