Jillian Bernardini, a graduating senior at Wagner College, used this Power Point slideshow in delivering her senior thesis presentation.

1. Healthy Food Access in New York City: Low-Income Families Living in Food Deserts and the Role of Alternative Food Networks Grant Proposal, Spring 2010 Jillian Bernardini Wagner College

2. What is a food desert? Lack fresh foods Supermarket redlining Food insecurity Low-income families affected most

3. How are food deserts formed? Fresh food availability Physical barriers Public transportation and accessibility Time and money constraints

4. Consequences of food deserts: Unhealthy environment Limited food options: what’s available? Poor health Higher rate of lifestyle diseases

5. Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) Farmers’ markets Community supported agriculture (CSA) Community gardens Food cooperatives

6. Social Space and Praxis Gramsci’s ideological hegemony Practice theory/role of the individual Habitus (Bourdieu) Move food access to community level

7. Research Objectives Decrease food access = increase costs (time, money, disease) Reliance on convenience stores and fast foods

8. Research Objectives, cont. Foods purchased will affect health negatively Assume no other alternatives AFNs as a solution

9. Method and Research Plan, part 1 Resource mapping Two locations; categorized by type, cost, and what is purchased Locate public transportation and access

10. Method and Research Plan, part 2 Ethnographic interviews Open-ended questions with food shoppers, AFN members, and AFN employees

11. Method and Research Plan, part 3 Participant-Observation Greenmarket, GrowNYC: type of AFN Relationships with key informants

12. Significance Benefits from a food desert? Annual cost of diet-related diseases Public health Level of income Awareness Benefits from AFNs

13. Thank you