Local Food Environments - 9780367464967

Local Food EnvironmentsFood Access in America\nAuthor(s): Kimberly B. Morland, Yael M. Lehmann, Allison E. Karpyn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367464967, 978-0367464967\nSynopsis\n\""In this book, Morland, Lehmann, and Karpyn discuss the critical need for healthy food financing programs as a vehicle to improve food access for all Americans. In my career as a public servant, there are very few legislative achievements that Im prouder of than the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which started in my home state of Pennsylvania. The program gained status as a proven and economically sustainable federal program that is helping to improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods: by allowing millions access to healthy, affordable food.\""\n\n Congressman Dwight Evans\n\nUnited States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania, District 3\n\n\""If we work together, we can create a healthy food system that is equitable ans