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  • Time to Revisit Food Deserts

    David Bornstein

    April 25, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The 'food desert' term is a hot buzzword that suggests lack of access. Research on obesity and food availability in poor areas suggests that access must be considered, but only alongside additional factors like price, taste and education.

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  • Conquering Food Deserts With Green Carts

    David Bornstein

    April 18, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Programs to get fresh produce carts to areas with no access to healthy food work best when government and determined entrepreneurs team up. Success from this model is evident in New York City, where the city has incentivized the selling of fruits and vegetables by street vendors in areas that are in the most need of the produce.

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  • One Acre Fund: a Nonprofit's Business Approach to Helping Small Farmers

    Fred de Sam Lazaro

    April 03, 2012 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Bungoma

    International development organization One Acre Fund opts to set up shop in rural locations like Bungoma, Kenya rather than major cities like New York and Nairobi and treat its stakeholders as customers instead of beneficiaries. This non-profit's business-like approach has helped it grow from 5,000 farm families in 2006 to 125,000 in 2012, and around 99 percent of families repay their farm loans. As One Acre Fund farmers sell their excess produce, they can invest in basic necessities like education for their children.

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  • How to Feed the Hungry, Faster

    Tina Rosenberg

    November 01, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia

    America is the world’s main supplier of food aid to impoverished countries; however, food aid has the problems of long-distance transportation, the cost of the transportation and storage, and the navigation through dangerous zones. Different programs around the world are experimenting with alternative forms of aid, including vouchers and cash for work.

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  • The Path From Charity to Profit

    Tina Rosenberg

    May 26, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta

    In Jakarta’s slums, families can’t buy their children nutritious food. So Mercy Corps started a for-profit chain of food carts selling healthy kids’ meals. A second column highlights the challenges NGOs face when they try to start for-profit businesses.

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  • Grocery cooperatives help keep small towns alive

    Nafeesa Syeed

    January 14, 2007 |

    The Spokesman-Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Anita, Iowa

    Anita, Iowa faced many of the same challenges as other small towns when the last local grocer closed amid competition with large chains like Costco and Walmart. But when its residents realized the value of a local "mom-and-pop" food purveyor to the town's economy, they created the Anita Grocery Cooperative and a board to oversee it. The Coop marks a testament to collective action, resilience, and sustainable, locally-sourced solutions.

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