Participant Profiles
This page provides a list of organizations working to improve healthy food access in underserved neighborhoods through corner stores. This list is intended to serve as a way for interested individuals and organizations to network and find contact information on projects relevent to their own work.
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A
ARIZONA
Organization: |
Community Food Bank |
Contact Name: |
Varga Garland |
Area of Service: |
Tucson, Arizona |
Website: |
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Email: |
vgarland [at] communityfoodbank.org |
Phone: |
520-622-0525 |
About: |
With the assistance and support of a Congressional Hunger Fellow, we will investigate Healthy Corner Stores. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
C
CALIFORNIA
Organization: |
ALBA, Agriculture & Land-Based Training Association |
Contact Name: |
Deborah Yashar |
Area of Service: |
Salinas,CA |
Website: |
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Email: |
Deborah [at] albafarmers.org |
Phone: |
(831) 758-1469 |
About: |
ALBA provides farm workers and aspiring farmers with small business training for their long-term economic empowerment, resulting in the establishment of organic family-farming businesses. We are launching a new project to build upon the Steps to a Healthier Salinas achievements, working with Salinas corner stores and restaurants to provide assistance in the procurement, business, and marketing of fresh locally-grown produce with the Buy Fresh Buy Local/ Compre lo Fresco de Nuestra Región Campaign. |
Organization type: |
Non-Profit staff |
Organization: |
Center for Food & Justice, UEPI, Occidental College |
Contact Name: |
Andrea Azuma |
Area of Service: |
Los Angeles, CA |
Website: |
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Email: |
azuma [at] oxy.edu |
About: |
The Center for Food & Justice is convening a group of organizations interested in improving access to health and affordable foods in neighborhoods in Los Angeles. After an extensive community food assessment, we are interested in campaigns, including working with corner stores, to offer more fruits and vegetables. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program |
Contact Name: |
Veva Islas-Hooker, MPH |
Area of Service: |
Fresno, Kings, Kern, Madera, Merced and Tulare Counties - California |
Website: |
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Email: |
gislas [at] csufresno.edu |
Phone: |
559-228-2140 |
About: |
Our interest is obesity prevention through the promotion of healthy eating and active living. One of our objectives is to increase the access of healthy foods by building the capacity of the small country stores and convenience stores in our region. |
Organization type: |
We are a partnership among California State University, Fresno, six public health departments, six community based organizations and six local community councils. |
Organization: |
City of Berkeley, Division of Public Health |
Contact Name: |
Tanya Moore |
Area of Service: |
Berkeley, CA |
Website: |
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Email: |
tmoore [at] ci.berkeley.ca.us |
Phone: |
510-981-5351 |
About: |
We are currently working with corner markets near our middle schools. Our goal is for them to offer healthier snack options for students and to have students be more likely to purchase those healthier options. |
Organization type: |
City government |
Organization: |
Healthy Eating Active Communities (HEAC)-Childhood Obesity Brain Trust |
Contact Name: |
Aurora Flores |
Area of Service: |
Los Angeles, CA |
Website: |
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Email: |
aflores [at] accelerated.org |
Phone: |
323-235-6343 x129 |
About: |
HEAC is a four-year initiative to prevent childhood obesity and diabetes. Using a community-driven, policy-based approach, HEAC aims to create policies that improve the landscape of the environment so that physical activity opportunities and fresh food is accessible and available to children, youth and their families. HEAC is a partnership between The Accelerated School (neighborhood sector), the L.A. Unified School District (school sector) and the L.A. County Public Health Dept. (health care) which ensures childhood obesity is addressed on a multi-sectoral level. With youth involvement, HEAC recently helped convert a local corner store to increase amount of fruits and vegetables and reduce visibility of unhealthy snacks. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Literacy for Environmental Justice |
Contact Name: |
Gwendolyn Smith |
Area of Service: |
San Francisco, CA |
Website: |
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Email: |
goodneighbor [at] lejyouth.org |
Phone: |
415-282-6840 |
About: |
The Good Neighbor Program in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunter's Point neighborhood works with corner stores to increase fresh produce, healthier packaged foods, and reduce alcohol & tobacco advertising in exchange for incentives. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Mandela Marketplace, Inc. |
Contact Name: |
Dana Harvey |
Area of Service: |
Oakland, CA |
Website: |
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Email: |
mmplace [at] earthlink.net |
Phone: |
510-433-0993 |
About: |
Forming a healthy corner store alliance to support improved product mix. Working with stores to convert from liquor sales to retail that meets community basic needs. Supporting small stores to better integrate as part of the neighborhood community. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Marin Institute |
Contact Name: |
Michele Simon |
Area of Service: |
California and national |
Website: |
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Email: |
micheles [at] marininstitute.org |
Phone: |
415-257-2485 |
About: |
Cross-over with getting alcohol out of communities. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
McGrath Family Farms |
Contact Name: |
Phil McGrath |
Area of Service: |
Camarillo, CA |
Email: |
Mcgrath.familyfarms [at] verizon.net |
Phone: |
805.485.4210 |
About: |
We are southern Calif. farmers that attend 7 Farmer markets and deliver to 40 restaurants/week. |
Organization type: |
Other: Farmer |
Organization: |
Merced County Hunger Task Force |
Contact Name: |
Bill Ruth |
Area of Service: |
Merced County, California |
Email: |
bruth [at] mercedcaaa.org |
Phone: |
209-383-4859 |
About: |
We just received Community Food Projects (CFP) grant to assess the availability of locally grown seasonal fruits and vegetables in all stores, but especially the corner stores. We then plan to develop strategies to make those items more available. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Merced County Head Start |
Contact Name: |
Lupe Gonzalez |
Area of Service: |
Planada, CA |
Email: |
ggonzalez [at] mcoe.org |
Website: |
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Phone: |
209-382-0250 |
About: |
I work in a small, rural town where there is only small local stores that are very expensive. Transportation is difficult since it runs on 3-4 times a day. I would like to bring some change in this small town. |
Organization type: |
Individual/community member |
Organization: |
Ojai Valley Youth Foundation |
Contact Name: |
Ryan T Aikens |
Area of Service: |
Ojai/Ventura/Oxnard, CA |
Website: |
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Email: |
ryan [at] ovyf.org |
Phone: |
805-640-9555 |
About: |
We are currently running a program called “Fiestas para el Cambio” that motivates community members to eat healthier, live a more active liftstyle, become advocates for change in their local community, and then help us to get corner stores to offer a healthier product mix. |
Organization type: |
Individual/community member |
Organization: |
San Diego State University |
Contact Name: |
Guadalupe X. “Suchi” Ayala |
Area of Service: |
San Diego, CA |
Website: |
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Email: |
ayala [at] mail.sdsu.edu |
Phone: |
619-594-6686 |
About: |
We have just completed an intervention to improve access to fruits and vegetables in tiendas located in North Carolina. We also have tested an instrument to examine differences in predominantly Latino versus non-Latino food stores in availability of healthy and unhealthy foods. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
Organization: |
San Francisco Department of Public Health |
Contact Name: |
Susana Hennessey Lavery |
Area of Service: |
San Francisco, CA |
Email: |
susana.hennessey-lavery [at] sfdph.org |
Phone: |
415-581-2446 |
About: |
Participation in advisory committee to Good Neighbor Program through LEJ (Literacy for Environmental Justice): a city department/cbo, initiative that incentivizes local corner stores to increase fresh and healthy produce and food and reduce unhealthy influences such as tobacco and alcohol advertising. |
Organization type: |
Government (staff) |
Organization: |
Veritable Vegetable, Inc. |
Contact Name: |
Peggy da Silva |
Area of Service: |
California and the Western US |
Website: |
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Email: |
silva [at] veritablevegetable.com |
Phone: |
415-641-3500 |
About: |
Interest in supplying fresh produce to corner stores throughout our distribution area. We already do supply some but want to supply more especially to underserved neighborhoods. Want to support locally owned groceries that are walkable for community members. |
Organization type: |
Other: wholesaler |
COLORADO
Organization: |
Denver Public Health |
Contact Name: |
Camila Romero |
Area of Service: |
Denver, Colorado |
Email: |
camila.romero [at] dhha.org |
Phone: |
303-436-3264 |
About: |
Denver Public Health (DPH) is collaborating with Microbusiness Development (MBD) and Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) in a 3 month pilot program to make fruit and vegetables available to three corner stores in socio-demographically disadvantaged neighborhoods in West Denver. We are providing opportunities for nutrition education, walking clubs and coupons for residents in these neighborhoods to buy fruit and vegetables from these 3 stores. We are also supporting DUGs effort to transition corner store owners to purchase locally grown fruits and vegetables. |
Organization type: |
Government (staff) |
Organization: |
Denver Urban Gardens |
Contact Name: |
Lisa Knoblauch |
Area of Service: |
Denver, CO |
Website: |
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Email: |
dirt [at] dug.org |
Phone: |
303-292-9900 |
About: |
We are currently partnering with a local health clinic and micro enterprise organization to work with a selected corner store to increase the amount of fresh produce they offer to the surrounding community. This is part of a 3-year grant focused on increasing access to healthy, affordable, culturally appropriate foods in low-income neighborhoods of Denver. In addition, we are committed to making this a direct marketing opportunity for local producers as much as possible. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
LiveWell Alamosa |
Contact Name: |
Liza Marron |
Area of Service: |
Alamosa, Colorado |
Website: |
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Email: |
marronl [at] vwhs.org |
Phone: |
719-587-1034 |
About: |
We are working on an initiative to reduce obesity through healthy eating and physical activity. We know that low income people are challenged to access and afford lean meats, whole grains and fresh local fruits and vegetables. We would like our convenience stores here to offer these things. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Micro Business Development |
Contact Name: |
Caitlin Hedberg |
Area of Service: |
Denver, CO |
Website: |
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Email: |
eb [at] microbusiness.org |
Phone: |
303-330-88121 |
About: |
Our microenterprise development organization is facilitating a pilot program to help small corner stores in a low-income area promote sales of fruits and vegetables. We engage in general business development, provide free fruits and vegetables for a limited period of time, and support the businesses by marketing in the community. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Tri-County Health Department |
Contact Name: |
Carol Maclennan |
Area of Service: |
Metropolitan Denver, CO |
Website: |
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Email: |
cmaclenn [at] tchd.org |
Phone: |
303-846-6232 |
About: |
As program lead for our agency's land use program, I provide recommendations to our cities and counties on their land use long range planning efforts and individual development applications. So we promote policies and physical changes to the environment to promote healthy behavior, including access to healthful foods through land use decisions. |
Organization type: |
Government (staff) |
CONNECTICUT
Organization: |
Edibles Advocate Alliance, LLC |
Contact Name: |
Chef Emily Brooks |
Area of Service: |
Connecticut & Greater New England |
Website: |
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Email: |
chefemily [at] ediblesadvocatealliance.org |
Phone: |
860-619-0075 |
About: |
The EA Alliance believes in building the coalitions of tomorrow while weaving the grass-roots organizations of today. The EA Alliance supports and promotes community-based health initiatives by developing Community Wellness Programming, dispensing health and nutrition information, and encouraging local and sustainable food system movements. In addition, Edibles Advocate Alliance supports grass-roots health and wellness initiatives through strategic planning, grant writing, and marketing & public relations. |
Organization type: |
Other: Consultant |
Organization: |
Hartford Food System |
Contact Name: |
Jerry Jones |
Area of Service: |
Hartford, CT |
Website: |
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Email: |
jjones [at] hartfordfood.org |
Phone: |
860-296-9325 |
About: |
Hartford Food System administers the Healthy Food Retailer Initiative, a partnership with 40 corner markets and bodegas that have agreed to shift 5% of their junk food inventory to healthier groceries in exchange for grassroots outreach and technical assistance. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit |
Organization: |
University of Connecticut, Department of Nutritional Sciences |
Contact Name: |
Linda Drake |
Area of Service: |
Connecticut |
Website: |
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Email: |
linda.drake [at] uconn.edu |
Phone: |
860-486-1783 |
About: |
Chair the CT Food Policy Council. Recognize need for this kind of work in our cities especially. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
Organization: |
University of Connecticut, Center for Public Health & Health Policy |
Contact Name: |
Katie S. Martin, PhD |
Area of Service: |
Hartford, CN |
Website: |
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Email: |
Katie.martin [at] uconn.edu |
Phone: |
860-282-8529 |
About: |
We are partnering with The Hartford Food System to help evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability of their Healthy Food Retailer Program. This program encourages small corner markets to shift 5% of their food inventory from “junk” food to “normal” grocery items. We are currently conducting qualitative research to examine the perspectives of consumers and store owners about healthy food. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
Organization: |
Yale University Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity |
Contact Name: |
Roberta R. Friedman, Director of Public Policy |
Area of Service: |
National |
Website: |
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Email: |
Roberta.friedman [at] yale.edu |
Phone: |
203-432-4717 |
About: |
The Rudd Center seeks to improve the world’s diet, prevent obesity, and reduce weight stigma by establishing creative connections between science and public policy, developing targeted research, encouraging frank dialogue among key constituents, and expressing a dedicated commitment to real change. The Rudd Center assesses, critiques, and strives to improve practices and policies related to nutrition and obesity so as to inform and empower the public, to promote objective, science-based approaches to policy, and to maximize the impact on public health. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
D
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Organization: |
D.C. Hunger Solutions |
Contact Name: |
Alexandra Ashbrook |
Area of Service: |
Washington, DC |
Website: |
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Email: |
aashbrook [at] dchunger.org |
Phone: |
202 986.2200 x 3023 |
About: |
Beginning in the fall of 2007, D.C. Hunger Solutions will launch a healthy corner store initiative to bring healthy, affordable food to underserved, low-income communities. Phase One of the Initiative focuses on a mapping of corner stores in DC in order to identify which corner stores operate in food deserts and determining how much money flows out targeted communities given the lack of food access. Phase Two involves surveying 20 corner stores to identify what needs must be addressed in order to help corner stores stock healthier foods. Phase Three features a healthy snack campaign in three corner stores and surrounding communities. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
F
FLORIDA
Organization: |
Florida Heart Research Institute |
Contact Name: |
Tori Gabriel |
Area of Service: |
Miami, FL |
Website: |
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Email: |
tori [at] floridaheart.org |
About: |
We are currently working on a grant funded chronic disease prevention program for the faith-based "Pan African" community within Miami-Dade County. An unanticipated barrier for health promotion is the lack of healthy food options in the inner city areas of Miami. We would like to gain insight on how to advocate for changes in this area. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
I
ILLINOIS
Organization: |
The Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) |
Contact Name: |
Lara Jaskiewicz |
Area of Service: |
Chicago, IL |
Website: |
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Email: |
lmjones [at] childrensmemorial.org |
Phone: |
312-573-7759 |
About: |
We work with other organizations facing a wide variety of challenges to the problem of child obesity in Chicago. One problem is access to healthy foods and some of our partners are specifically interested in increasing access. I look forward to learning from others both new ideas and information on lessons learned. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Chicago State University |
Contact Name: |
Daniel Block |
Area of Service: |
Chicago, IL |
Website: |
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Phone: |
773-995-2310 |
About: |
I have been on a number of projects studying food availability at corner stores throughout the Chicago area, in particular working with community groups to perform food assessments. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
Organization: |
The Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) |
Contact Name: |
Lara Jaskiewicz |
Area of Service: |
Chicago, IL |
Website: |
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Email: |
lmjones [at] childrensmemorial.org |
Phone: |
312-573-7759 |
About: |
We work with other organizations facing a wide variety of challenges to the problem of child obesity in Chicago. One problem is access to healthy foods and some of our partners are specifically interested in increasing access. I look forward to learning from others both new ideas and information on lessons learned. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
DePaul University |
Contact Name: |
Justine Gustafson |
Area of Service: |
Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois |
Email: |
Jgustaf3 [at] depaul.edu |
Phone: |
708-692-2988 |
About: |
I am a research participant for a project on the food desert that exist in Humboldt Park, Chicago’s largest Puerto Rican community. Because Humboldt Park is generally a lower income neighborhood, there have been no efforts from large grocery stores to set up stores anywhere near the community. As a result most people end up shopping at corner stores that do not offer fresh produce, or have produce that is not necessarily in good shape or appealing. This has caused a high level of obeisity within the community, especially in the youth, leading often times to more serious health problems such as diabetes or high blood pressure. In order to reverse this process, I feel knowing more about organizations such as this one will help. |
Org. type: |
Academic |
Organization: |
Neighbors Project |
Contact Name: |
Chris Brunn |
Area of Service: |
Chicago, IL |
Website: |
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About: |
Neighbors Project works with communities to encourage residents to buy fresh produce from local corner stores, bodegas and liquor stores that stock it, and to encourage more neighborhood stores to sell fresh fruits and vegetables. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
K
KANSAS
Organization: |
Community Health Institute, Kansas State University |
Contact Name: |
Paula Ford |
Area of Service: |
Manhattan, KS |
Website: |
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Email: |
Pford [at] ksu.edu |
Phone: |
785.532.5328 |
About: |
We are currently conducting research on the quality of food environments in rural Kansas, and the relationship between food environments and obesity in rural areas. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
KENTUCKY
Organization: |
Center for Health Equity |
Contact Name: |
Joshua Jennings |
Area of Service: |
Louisville, KY |
Website: |
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Email: |
Joshua.jennings [at] louisvilleky.gov |
Phone: |
502-574-5716 |
About: |
The Center for Health Equity (part of the Louisville Metro Dept. of Public Health & Wellness) addresses the growing health disparities that exist in the city of Louisville by examining its root causes. While diet & lifestyle play a big part in health outcomes, we believe that social determinants (such as socioeconomic status, race, geographic location, employment, etc.) have an adverse impact on health. The Center has established a Food Security Task Force comprised of non-profit organizations, developers, residents, public health advocates, and other individuals who are committed to ensuring healthy, affordable food for all citizens in Louisville. |
Organization type: |
Government |
Organization: |
Community Farm Alliance |
Contact Name: |
SteVon Edwards |
Area of Service: |
Louisville, KY |
Website: |
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Email: |
stevoncfa [at] bellsouth.net |
Phone: |
(502) 775-4041 |
About: |
Community Farm Alliance is a Kentucky-wide grassroots membership organization whose mission is to organize and encourage cooperation among farmers, rural, and urban citizens, through leadership development and grassroots democratic processes, to ensure an essential, prosperous place for family-scale agriculture in our economies and communities. We are organizing corner store owners in Lousville’s West End and East Downtown neighborhoods. We also hope to join with the city to offer a monetary incentive to store owners who buy fresh, Kentucky food. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (Staff) |
L
LOUISIANA
Organization: |
Carrollton-Hollygrove Community Development Corporation |
Contact Name: |
Paul Baricos |
Area of Service: |
New Orleans, LA |
Email: |
paul.baricos [at] gmail.com |
Phone: |
504-483-7037 |
About: |
We are opening a retail store to sell fruits and vegetables to underserved neighborhoods in New Orleans. |
Organization type: |
Individual/community member |
M
MARYLAND
Organization: |
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
Contact Name: |
Preety Gadhoke |
Area of Service: |
Baltimore, MD |
Website: |
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Email: |
pgadhoke [at] jhsph.edu |
Phone: |
443-883-0591 |
About: |
We are developing and identifying barriers to healthy eating in the local community and developing strategies to increase access to a nutritionally adequate diet, improve food security, and reduce the risk of diet-related chronic diseases in Baltimore, Maryland. [PI: Joel Gittelsohn] |
Organization type: |
Academic |
Organization: |
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future |
Contact Name: |
Anne Palmer |
Area of Service: |
Baltimore, MD |
Website: |
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Email: |
ampalmer [at] jhsph.edu |
Phone: |
410-502-7577 |
About: |
CLF, in collaboration with Operation Reachout Southwest (OROSW), has been conducting a community food assessment in SW Baltimore that examines the food stores (including supermarkets and corner stores) and surveys residents about their experience accessing food in their neighborhood. We will continue to work with OROSW to find opportunities to improve the food environment and create demand for healthier food. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
MASSACHUSETTS
Organization: |
Boston Medical Center, Pediatrics |
Contact Name: |
John Cook |
Area of Service: |
Boston, MA |
Email: |
john.cook [at] bmc.org |
Phone: |
617-414-5129 |
About: |
Currently working on two projects: 1) The Real Cost of a Healthy Diet Project assessing access to affordable healthy food in large, medium & small stores in Boston's ethnically diverse neighborhoods, 2) Healthy Drinks and Corner Stores Project working with middle schools and corner stores to develop a social marketing collaboration to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and increase consumption of water and low-fat dairy drinks by middle school children in four Boston neighborhoods. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
MICHIGAN
Organization: |
Center for Economic Security |
Contact Name: |
Christopher Bedford |
Area of Service: |
Michigan and states in the Great Lakes Region |
Website: |
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Email: |
chrisbedford [at] charter.net |
About: |
The center works on developing healthy local food systems as the cornerstone to developing a truly sustainable economy. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit |
Organization: |
CS Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems at Michigan State University |
Contact Name: |
Cheryl Danley |
Area of Service: |
East Lansing, MI |
Website: |
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Email: |
danleych [at] msu.edu |
Phone: |
517-432-0309 |
About: |
As an Outreach Specialist with the C.S Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems at Michigan State University, my primary focus is to engage with communities to strengthen their access to fresh, locally grown, healthy and affordable food. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
Organization: |
The Kresge Foundation |
Contact Name: |
David Fukuzawa |
Area of Service: |
National |
Website: |
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Email: |
ddfukuzawa [at] kresge.org |
Phone: |
248-643-9630 |
About: |
The Kresge Foundation is developing a new program in health, which will focus on healthy communities, including built environment, environmental justice and access to fresh food. |
Organization type: |
Funder |
Organization: |
NorthWest Initiative |
Contact Name: |
Katie Olender |
Area of Service: |
Lansing, Michigan |
Website: |
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Email: |
katie [at] nwlansing.org |
Phone: |
517-483-4499 |
About: |
We have formed a partnership with one of the convenience stores in the "food desert" we work to improve. Through the partnership, the convenience store now carries a variety of fruit and vegetables, some of it local and some of it local and organic. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Wayne State University |
Contact Name: |
Kami Pothukuchi |
Area of Service: |
Detroit, MI |
Email: |
k.pothukuchi [at] wayne.edu |
About: |
National researcher on community food retail |
Organization type: |
Individual |
Organization: |
Western Michigan University, Department of Family & Consumer Sciences |
Contact Name: |
Caroline Webber |
Area of Service: |
Southwest Michigan |
Email: |
caroline.webber [at] wmich.edu |
Phone: |
(269) 387-3710 |
About: |
We are looking at food access and availability among WIC participants and local retail food stores in non-metropolitan SW Michigan along with impact of proposed WIC guideline changes. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
MINNESOTA
Organization: |
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy |
Contact Name: |
JoAnne Berkenkamp, Dayna Burtness |
Area of Service: |
Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN |
Website: |
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Email: |
jberkenkamp [at] iatp.org, dburtness [at] iatp.org |
Phone: |
612-870-3410, 612-870-3436 |
About: |
IATP is a partner in a newly-formed initiative to increase access to healthy food in the Twin Cities. The initiative will use the upcoming changes to the WIC package, namely the addition of fruits and vegetables, as a starting point to work with corner stores on providing healthier food options. We are currently working with our partners to set goals and formulate strategies. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
MISSISSIPPI
Organization: |
Mississippi State University |
Contact Name: |
Chiquita Briley |
Area of Service: |
Mississippi State, MS |
Email: |
cbriley [at] fsnhp.msstate.edu |
Phone: |
662-325-0240 |
About: |
To determine if healthier foods exist in rural areas that are considered food deserts and how to connect to local growers to improve access. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
MISSOURI
Organization: |
Gateway Greening |
Contact Name: |
Gwenne Hayes-Stewart |
Area of Service: |
Greater St. Louis region (MO) |
Website: |
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Email: |
gwenne.hayes-stewart [at] mobot.org |
Phone: |
314-302-5308 |
About: |
We are scheduled to begin working with corner stores as a part of our community food project this fall but are unsure how to proceed. Most are in very threatened neighborhoods underserved by grocery stores. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
KC Healthy Kids |
Contact Name: |
Sarah Shmigelsky |
Area of Service: |
Kansas City, MO/KS |
Website: |
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Phone: |
816-665-0485 |
About: |
KC Healthy Kids works to reduce obesity and improve the health of Greater Kansas City’s children by informing, advocating, and mobilizing the resources and talents of our community. One effort in particular is work on a food policy initiative to engage stakeholders and better understand how the local food system works to begin building a policy document and eventually a coalition. Corner Stores provides a viable solution to access in underserved areas. |
Organization type: |
Individual/community member |
Organization: |
Missouri Alternatives Center, University of Missouri Extension |
Contact Name: |
Debi Kelly |
Area of Service: |
Missouri |
Website: |
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Email: |
kellyd [at] missouri.edu |
Phone: |
573-882-1905 |
About: |
The Missouri Alternatives Center provides information and resources (not money) on alternatives in agriculture. One of the areas of interest to farmers is local foods. Healthy Corner Stores is one option of marketing local foods. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
Organization: |
Saint Louis University School of Public Health |
Contact Name: |
Cheryl Kelly |
Area of Service: |
St. Louis, MO |
Email: |
kellycm [at] slu.edu |
Phone: |
(314)977-8117 |
About: |
We have collected data locally that suggests in low income, African American neighborhoods there is a lack of grocery stores offering healthy options and an abundance of fast food restaurants offering unhealthy options. We are in the process of creating policy briefs to share this data with appropriate leaders within the community. Through this process we hope to find ways to create policy changes that encourage and support healthy eating. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
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NEW YORK
Organization: |
Bronx Health REACH |
Contact Name: |
Ruchi Mathur, Neha Sachdev |
Area of Service: |
New York, NY |
Website: |
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Email: |
rmathur [at] institute2000.org;nsachdev [at] institute2000.org |
Phone: |
212-633-0800 x1364;x1328 |
About: |
Bronx Health REACH operates a small grocer/bodega outreach program which has developed partnerships with four bodega owners to stock and promote healthier food items. A recent pilot intervention has focused on creating a link between schools and nearby bodegas to increase the purchase and consumption of healthy snacks by school-aged children and their parents. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Food Systems Network NYC |
Contact Name: |
Hilary Baum |
Area of Service: |
New York City area |
Website: |
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Email: |
info [at] foodsystemsnyc.org |
Phone: |
718 884 5716 |
About: |
Several of our Network members are involved with programs that focus on getting healthy fresh food (local whenever possible) into bodegas, the most common form of corner store in New York City. As the Network, we are interested in possibly serving as a clearing house for this work and certainly as a resource and link to best practices here and elsewhere. |
Organization type: |
Other: Network of food systems professionals and community advocates |
Organization: |
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
Contact Name: |
Donya Williams |
Area of Service: |
New York, NY |
Website: |
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Email: |
dwillia9 [at] health.nyc.gov |
About: |
Working to increase access to healthier foods in NYC bodegas. Our current project is focused on increasing the availability of 1% milk in NYC bodegas. |
Organization type: |
Government (staff) |
Organization: |
New York State Department of Agriculture |
Contact Name: |
Christina Grace |
Area of Service: |
New York City, NY |
Website: |
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Email: |
Christina.grace [at] agmkt.state.ny.us |
Phone: |
718.722.2834 |
About: |
The Department’s Urban Food Systems Program in New York City is interested in the Healthy Corner Store Initiative because we are working to increase the availability of local fruits and vegetables in NYC corner stores/bodegas, especially those within our communities that have been defined as food desserts. We are currently making direct connections between NYC bodegas, their distributors, and a Monday-Friday wholesale farmers market in the South Bronx. And, we preparing for the new WIC Fruit and Vegetable opportunity. We are also interested in best practices for community-based efforts to improve food choice such as Adopt-a-Bodega school-based initiatives. |
Organization type: |
Government (staff) |
Organization: |
New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group & The Center for Popular Research, Education and Policy |
Contact Name: |
Hank Herrera |
Area of Service: |
New York State |
Website: |
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Email: |
hank [at] c-prep.org |
Phone: |
585-473-4630 |
About: |
We are working on building local food trading networks to supply neighborhood corner stores with healthy, affordable local food. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Public Health Solutions |
Contact Name: |
Stacey Flanagan |
Area of Service: |
New York City, NY |
Website: |
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Email: |
sflanagan [at] mhra.org |
Phone: |
646-619-6530 |
About: |
PHS works to educate hundreds of small WIC participating groceries in low-income neighborhoods to stock appropriated food on the WIC Food Package along with low-fat milk and other healthy foods. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
NORTH CAROLINA
Organization: |
SEEDS |
Contact Name: |
Lucy Harris |
Area of Service: |
Durham, NC |
Website: |
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Email: |
lharris [at] seedsnc.org |
Phone: |
919-683-1197 |
About: |
14 year old non-profit in inner-city Durham, dedicated to empowering youth and families through gardening. Working on a grant proposal with Duke Community Medicine on a project to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to 4 corner stores in Northeast Central Durham. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
Contact Name: |
Freda Butner, RD LDN |
Area of Service: |
NC |
Website: |
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Email: |
freda.butner [at] ncmail.net |
Phone: |
919-733-7887 |
About: |
Interested in connecting the Healthy Corner Store network with EBT connectivity at Farmer's Markets. |
Organization type: |
Government (staff) |
O
OHIO
Organization: |
Case Western Reserve University |
Contact Name: |
Matt Russell |
Area of Service: |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Website: |
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Email: |
mer23 [at] case.edu |
Phone: |
216.368.1918 |
About: |
In partnership with the Cleveland Department of Public Health, we will be launching a corner store pilot project to increase the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables and healthy snacks in low income urban neighborhoods. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
OREGON
Organization: |
Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth (LCHAY) |
Contact Name: |
Laurie Trieger |
Area of Service: |
Lane County, Oregon |
Website: |
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Email: |
laurie [at] lchay.org |
About: |
LCHAY is Lane County’s childhood obesity prevention coalition. We engage a broad range of stakeholders and advocate for policies that improve the physical activity and nutrition environment. We are just beginning to explore opportunities for working with food retailers in our local communities. We have drafted a "food map" of a small metro area showing food retailers, public transit routes and schools; all with a backdrop indicating poverty rates in that city. We are also convening community conversations to determine feasibility of developing a new farmers market in this same metro area. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
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PENNSYLVANIA
Organization: |
East King Improvement District |
Contact Name: |
Fritz Schroeder |
Area of Service: |
Lancaster, PA |
Website: |
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Email: |
FSchroeder [at] tabornet.org |
Phone: |
717-283-0942 x 204 |
About: |
The East King Improvement District is working with community partners including the Threshold Foundation (www.thresholdpa.org) in developing and implementing the Community Fresh Food Initiative. The three program areas include the development of Eastern Market, a seasonal producers market; the Dig it! Community gardens, working with city youth to develop life, business, and gardening skills; and a fresh foods distribution program which targets local food stores and direct distribution. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
The Food Trust |
Contact Name: |
James Johnson-Piett |
Area of Service: |
Philadelphia, PA |
Website: |
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Email: |
jjpiett [at] thefoodtrust.org |
Phone: |
215.568.0830 (before 10/18), 215.575.0444 (after 10/18) |
About: |
The Food Trust operates two corner store programs (Corner Store Campaign and the Healthy Corner Store Initiative), that focuses on consumer demand for healthy food products and the ready supply of healthy food products in neighborhood grocery stores in Philadelphia. This integrated approach utilizes the following strategies:
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Organization type: |
Non-profit (staff) |
Organization: |
Urban Foodworks |
Contact Name: |
Jennifer English |
Area of Service: |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Website: |
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Email: |
jen [at] urbanfoodworks.org |
Phone: |
412.241.1391 |
About: |
Working with retailers, farmers and non-profits to develop sustainable and local food systems. |
Organization type: |
Other (consultant) |
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TENNESSEE
Organization: |
Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee |
Contact Name: |
Cassi Johnson |
Area of Service: |
Middle Tennessee |
Website: |
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Email: |
cassi.a.johnson [at] vanderbilt.edu |
Phone: |
615-322-5638 |
About: |
The Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee brings people and organizations together to create and sustain a secure and healthy food system for Middle Tennessee. We have 75+ members and partners from all parts of the food system. We are interested in learning more about healthy corner store programs across the country so we can bring this information to our partners as one potential response to inadequate access to healthy food in Middle Tennessee. |
Organization type: |
Other: We are a community partnership organization based at the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies |
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WASHINGTON
Organization: |
EAT local |
Contact Name: |
Joan Qazi |
Area of Service: |
Wenatchee Valley, WA |
Website: |
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Email: |
jqazi [at] nwi.net |
Phone: |
509 664-6691 |
About: |
We are conducting a Community Food Assessment including market basket analysis in our area. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Washington State University Extension |
Contact Name: |
Karen Barale |
Area of Service: |
Tacoma, Washington |
Website: |
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Email: |
kbarale [at] wsu.edu |
Phone: |
360-798-3262 |
About: |
I am working with local food bank directors and have an interest in the Network. |
Organization type: |
Academic |
WISCONSIN
Organization: |
Center for Resilient Cities |
Contact Name: |
Marcia Caton Campbell |
Area of Service: |
Milwaukee, WI |
Website: |
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Email: |
marcia [at] uosf.org |
Phone: |
414-289-7799 |
About: |
My organization helps to facilitate the meetings of the Greater Johnsons Park Health Coalition, on Milwaukee's near north side. The group is undertaking a community food assessment related to food access. The area has many corner stores that are a source of food for neighbors, but are not optimal sources of healthy food. Our group has not yet decided what sort of action it wants to take regarding corner stores. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
Community Garden Partnership |
Contact Name: |
Susan Richardson |
Area of Service: |
Appleon Wisconsin |
Website: |
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Email: |
susan.richardson [at] ces.uwex.edu |
Phone: |
920-832-5119 |
About: |
As a partnership of service providers and grassroots organizers that support Community Gardens as a means for underserved individuals/families to access local food by growing their own, we would want to be linked to other groups who share that same interest. |
Organization type: |
Nonprofit (staff) |
Organization: |
East Central WI Regional Planning Commission |
Contact Name: |
Christine Kaup |
Area of Service: |
Menasha, WI |
Website: |
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Email: |
ckaup [at] eastcentralrpc.org |
Phone: |
920 751-4770 |
About: |
I currently work as an Associate Planner-Economic Development in a regional planning commission in east central Wisconsin. The focus of my position is on the rural areas of our 10-county region, with local sustainability in mind. I am seeing more and more organic and natural food producers, along with a growing interest in urban community gardens' projects in our region. Some of these producers are struggling with accessing local markets. Networks need to be establi |