by Polis Center | Jan 15, 2020 | Equity, Health
This past November, we released the report Getting Groceries: Food Access Across Groups, Neighborhoods, and Time. Expanding on this report, we created an interactive map to display food access information for each block group in Marion County. Click on a block group...
by Unai Miguel Andres | Nov 29, 2018 | Equity, Health, Poverty & Income
Looking for SAVI’s latest food desert report? We’ve updated food access statistics for 2019, and they’re available in Getting Groceries: Food Access Across Groups, Neighborhoods, and Time Read the Report This map shows block groups that are food...
by Polis Center | Jan 26, 2018 | Equity, Health
WFYI reports that the City of Indianapolis announced the first recipient of its Healthy Food Access grant on Thursday. Flanner House will receive $400,000 to develop Cleo’s Bodega, a micro-grocery that will sell discounted food through a relationship with Under...
by Jim Dowling | May 6, 2017 | Equity, Health
The USDA defines food deserts as a census tract where “at least 500 people and/or at least 33 percent of the census tract’s population reside more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store.” [usda.gov] This is a useful definition, but of...
by Jim Dowling | Jun 20, 2013 | Health, Poverty & Income
By Sharon Kandris It’s clear that hunger and food insecurity are growing problems in Central Indiana. We’ve recently partnered with two Central Indiana organizations (Northside Mission Ministry of Second Presbyterian Church and United Way of Central Indiana)...
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