Food for Thought: Groundwork for the King County Food

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Food for Thought Groundwork for the King County
Food Fitness Initiative
KCFFI LC Discussion Context whos and
whats Process what we did Outcomes/findings How
this can be used

• UW Department of Urban Design and Planning Summer
  Studio 2008

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The Context Lots of activity, actors
Context Lots of Activities Actors
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Context Assessment Activities
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The Studio Process and Report

• Nine weeks, six graduate students
• Community outreach
• Data collection (as other food system
  assessments)
• Participant Action Research
• Created report and toolkit
• Built Environment Assessment (with Urban Form
  Lab)
• Food Systems Assessment
• Community Engagement Outreach Activities
• Toolkit of collected data, maps, and materials

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Community Engagement

• Assorted community groups and places
• Delridge Day
• Jubilee Days
• Café Rozella (8 weekly visits)
• West Seattle blog
• Food banks (2 visits)
• Seniors and youth (Salvation Army, FEEST)
• Qualitative information and empirical data
• Community participation in research

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Health Conditions Physical Activity
Source Public Health Seattle/King County
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Findings Resident Survey

• When asked about their use of neighborhood
  facilities
• 1/3 of food bank respondents used parks and
  recreational facilities very often or often
  (over 1-2 times per week) (n29)
• For Jubilee Days respondents it was 2/3 (n21)
• In addition to the surveys, we mapped secondary
  data

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Findings
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Community Food Resources
There is limited GIS data available for
p-patches in White Center.
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Walkability and Food Sources
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Walkability and Parks, Playgrounds, and P-Patch
Gardens
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Walkability and Schools
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Findings Resident Survey
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Findings Market Basket Survey
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Grocery Affordability and Location
Metropolitan Market 152.10
Safeway 166.98
Findings do not appear to support claim that food
costs more in poorer areasbut what about quality
or nutrition?
PCC 248.43
Thriftway 135.64
QFC 153.61
Safeway 135.64
Albertsons 141.62
Albertsons 165.06
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Findings Resident Survey

• How do you get to the store?
• 65 get to grocery store by car/carpool, 24
  bike/walk, 12 bus
• Changes desired regarding grocery stores
  affordable healthy food, farmers market access,
  cleaner, closer, walkable

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Farmers Market Opportunity?
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KCFFI Toolkit

• Market Basket Survey
• Focus Group Materials
• Resident Food and Fitness Survey
• Interactive Tabling Posters
• All maps and data sets

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KCFFI Toolkit

• Maps
• Community base
• ZIP and Health Planning Areas
• Environment
• Parcels
• Zoning
• Vacant land
• Walkability (UFL)
• Neighborhood facilities
• Schools
• Parks, gardens, and public spaces
• Food resources (retail, charitable)
• Food insecurity
• Roads, bus and bike networks

• Data
• Census population, age, race, gender, income,
  employment, immigrant, language, housing, poverty
• Health indicators
• Health service providers
• CSAs and drop sites
• Food waste collection
• Food processors and distributors
• P-Patch and market gardens
• Gardening and farming education resources

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Example of How One Might Use This Resource

• Community garden location decision
• Where is it most needed?
• By what criteria? Income? Access? Food
  insecurity?
• Are sites available in those locations?
• Are they appropriate for gardensare there some
  that fit analysis done for DON?
• Identify and prioritize based on findings and
  community needs
• Could also examine bus routes, trails and
  connectivity, etc.
• The question is what do you want to do?
• Assessment data helps you get there, but doesnt
  tell you about community desires and values.

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Some Ideas

• Increased gardening supporting families and food
  banks
• Education and communication about nutrition and
  access
• Affordable grocery access
• Amazon?
• Healthy Corner Store Network
• New grocery store
• Farmers marketincrease participation rates of
  low income residents
• CSA drop sites in neighborhood
• School gardens with education
• Lawns to lettuce collective
• Highlight and improve safety of facilities and
  routes
• And?