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    This document analyzes food accessibility in Austin, Texas by identifying "food deserts" or areas more than half a mile from grocery stores. The analysis used half-mile buffer zones around existing grocery stores to determine which populations have access to food. It also looked at proximity to community gardens and full-service grocery stores. Food sources were defined as small convenience stores lacking fresh options, full-service grocery stores offering produce and meat, or community gardens providing locally grown produce.

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    This document analyzes food accessibility in Austin, Texas by identifying "food deserts" or areas more than half a mile from grocery stores. The analysis used half-mile buffer zones around existing grocery stores to determine which populations have access to food. It also looked at proximity to community gardens and full-service grocery stores. Food sources were defined as small convenience stores lacking fresh options, full-service grocery stores offering produce and meat, or community gardens providing locally grown produce.

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    This document analyzes food accessibility in Austin, Texas by identifying "food deserts" or areas more than half a mile from grocery stores. The analysis used half-mile buffer zones around existing grocery stores to determine which populations have access to food. It also looked at proximity to community gardens and full-service grocery stores. Food sources were defined as small convenience stores lacking fresh options, full-service grocery stores offering produce and meat, or community gardens providing locally grown produce.

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    ANALYSIS OF FOOD ACCESSIBILITY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS

    POPULATION PROXIMITY TO ANY FOOD SOURCE INTRODUCTION:


    The purpose of this analysis is indentify “food deserts” in Austin,
    TX, and to learn about which segments of Austin’s population
    are most affected by these food deserts.

    METHODOLOGY:
    The analysis was completed by creating half-mile buffer zones
    around each grocery store (located in Google Earth) in Austin.
    For the purposes of this analysis, anyone within this half-mile
    zone is considered to have access to food, whereas those
    outside a buffer are not.

    POPULATION PROXIMITY TO COMMUNITY GARDENS

    Legend
    Community Garden, Half Mile Buffer
    IH-35
    Full City Limits, Austin

    POP2000

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    Legend
    All Grocery, Half Mile Buffer
    POPULATION PROXIMITY TO FULL SERVICE GROCERY
    IH-35
    Full City Limits, Austin

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    FOOD SOURCE DEFINITIONS:


    Small convenience stores: Full service grocery stores: Community gardens:
    • built for a neighborhood scale. • to be a full service grocery store, the store • offer locally grown, fresh produce.
    • typically provide limited food offerings must offer fresh produce and meat. • typically a person must lease a plot at the
    (products with a high profit margin such as • strategically located near dense populations location, or volunteer/provide labor at the Legend
    Full Service Grocery, Half Mile Buffer

    candy, snack food, and soda). that usually earn above a certain income garden. IH-35

    • do not carry produce or meat, goods are threshold. • members are offered free produce.
    Full City Limits, Austin

    usually sold at inflated prices. • goods sold at these stores are generally • surplus may be sold or donated.
    POP2000

    cheaper than convenience stores


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    CONCLUSION:
    The image to the left shows the areas most densely populated by different races and ethnicities.
    The largest food deserts in Austin can be found to the east side of Interstate-35. Additionally, it
    can be seen from the image to the left that there are higher percentages of Latinos and African
    Grocery Store Locations
    Americans residing to the east of I-35. At first glance it might appear that Latino and African
    American populations have disproportionately low levels of food accessibility. However, in terms of
    percentages whites and Latinos have almost identical levels of accessibility to full service grocery
    stores, at 22% and 23% respectively.

    GOING FURTHER:
    White Population Density A future analysis would go more in depth, analyzing the spatial mismatch between grocery stores
    and those without vehicles. An important aspect of food accessibility is realizing that while a person
    may not be within the half mile buffer, they are still able to access food because they have a vehicle.
    Contrastingly, a person without a vehicle may find that a food source even a half mile away is too
    far.
    Latino Population Density

    FoodAccessibilitybyPercentageofPopulation
    PercentofRespectivePopulation
    opulation

    60%
    African American Population Density 50%
    40%
    30%
    20% Latino
    10%
    AfricanAmerican
    0%
    White

    ¯
    CommunityGardens
    Legend FullService
    All
    0-10%
    11-25%
    CommunityGardens FullService All
    26-50%
    White 5% 22% 45% Ashley Livingston
    51-100%25% 980y
    %
    AfricanAmerican 14% 17% 52%
    -50 April 29, 2010
    26 0% Latino 9% 23% 56%

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