Shanghai, China

Sorsogon, Philippines

Pekalongan, Indonesia

Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Negombo, Sri LankaBatticaloa, Sri Lanka

Lami, Fiji

Maputo, Mozambique

Kinshasa, DRC

New York City, USA

Hong Kong

Tokyo, Japan

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Ahmedabad, IndiaL ina Fedi rkoPROJECT INFOGRAPHICS

Interviews with 150+ food movement stakeholders

Community focus groups

Survey administered to 1,000+ community members

Site visits to food programs

Document review of old food justice initiatives

Review of government food justice reports

Assessment of existing food policies

Tracking of funding sources and recipients

Research, content, process and layout design by Lina Fedirko.

YEAR ROLE PROJECT NATURE

Mapping the landscape of food justice movement in the low-income neighborhoods

of Brooklyn, New York

GOAL

Bedford Styuvesant Restoration Corporation

Program and

Research Associate

Strategic Planning

POLICY ANALYS IS

2013

PRODUCT

DATADISCOVERY

Businesses

Grassroots Organizations

Community Gardens

Schools

Local Development Corporations

NYC Department of Parks & Recreation

NYC Department of Health

METHODSFIELD RESEARCH SECONDARY RESEARCH

Diagram depicting the flow of funding for food

justice initiatives

Hierarchical diagram illustrating the

geographical scope of food justice groups

(national, regional, etc.)

Geographical map plotting service area and

target audience of all food justice groups (exact

locations of operation)

- Constant competition between groups with similar goals for already scarce funding- Collaboration deterred by siloed implemention- Fragmanted sources of information- Vertical disalignment of policies through goverment levels- Inefficient communication due to competition and lack of central convening body

BARRIERS TO ADDRESSING FOOD JUSTICE DETERRANTS

ORGANIZATION

FOOD JUSTICE DETERRANTS

- Access to food- Cost of groceries- Neighborhood safety- Cooking skills- Insufficient education about healthy eating- Scarce information about food resources

Immigrants

Low-Income Households

Seniors

New Mothers

Women

Youth

FOOD JUSTICE MOVEMENT INFLUENCERS

GROUPS AFFECTED BY THE FOOD INJUSTICE

PEOPLE