Robin Safley Director of Food, Nutrition and Wellness Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

2. Robin Safley

3. Florida’s Roadmap to Living Healthy:
Increasing Access to Healthy, Fresh
Food in Florida
Robin Safley
Director of Food, Nutrition, and
Wellness
Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services

4. Florida’s Roadmap to Living Healthy
Food Access at Food, Nutrition, and
Wellness
• Ours
– National School Lunch
– Summer Programs
– Etc.
• Theirs
– Women, Infants, and Children (DOH)
– Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program
(DCF)
• Research

5. Florida’s Roadmap to Living Healthy
• Originally used GIS for
resource mapping for
Summer programs
• Grew into a data hub and
communication tool for
empowering and educating
Florida’s communities
• The roadmap will continue
to develop into a powerful
and effective GIS to increase
access to healthy food
ArcGIS Online: The Roadmap

6. Florida’s Roadmap to Living Healthy
ArcGIS Desktop
• Internal efficiency
– Mapping and analyzing assets and needs for summer
programs
– Targeted solutions for various other programs
• Communication
– GIS is a tool for communicating the spatial aspects of your
work
• Cartography
– A well made map is great for communicating complex
information in a way many different people can relate to

7. Florida’s Roadmap to Living Healthy
Analysis
• Identifying food insecurity
– Statistical tests to identify patterns and
concentrations not otherwise visible
• Developing strategic interventions
– Identify locations for greatest impact
• Bringing others to the table
– In depth analysis of food insecurity issues
allows others to see where they fit into the
solution

8. Florida’s Roadmap to Living Healthy
Supporting Others
• Non-profits
– Securing grants
– Educating others about the food environment
• Academia
– Identifying areas for potential research
– Confirming need for research and funding
• Communities
– Educating individuals about their food environment
– Empowering communities to make the most of their
food environment

10. PolicyMap
Healthy Food Access Portal
The Food Trust
CDFI Fund Healthy Food Options Resource
Bank
USDA’s Food Access Research Atlas
Resources

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