Food Insecurity in Philadelphia: A Model Addressing the Shortcomings of SNAP Benefits and Reinventing the Retail Access Point in Low-income Neighborhoods
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food justice, food securityAbstract
Food insecurity is a prevalent concern for families across Philadelphia, largely impacting low-income and predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods. While many organizations, such as community gardens, food rescue, food pantries, etc., aim to drive change in the food justice and food sovereignty space, none are able to work under the federal SNAP benefit framework to provide residents with properly cooked meals. The Community Grocer (TCG) is reinventing the retail-access point in underserved neighborhoods to work under the SNAP framework to provide affordable meals by leveraging food rescue operators to provide affordable meals and help neighbors transform ingredients into meals, ultimately positively impacting health outcomes.
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