A farmers’ market in a food desert: Evaluating impacts on the price and availability of healthy food |
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| Authors: | Kristian Larsen Jason Gilliland |
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| Affiliation: | aUniversity of Toronto, Department of Geography and Planning, St. George Campus, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G3;bThe University of Western Ontario, Department of Geography, Social Science Centre, Rm 1403, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2 |
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| Abstract: | Several studies have examined supermarket access for low-income residents, but few have explored how access to healthy food changes when a new food retailer such as a farmers’ market opens in a place previously known as a ‘food desert’. This paper uses a ‘before and after’ approach to examine the impact of the introduction of a farmers’ market on the price and availability of healthy food in an underserved urban neighbourhood. The farmers’ market had a major impact on grocery prices in the neighbourhood, which decreased by almost 12% in 3 years. |
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| Keywords: | Food desert Farmers’ market Neighbourhood health Food access |
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