Street Food: Attacking Obesity & Wiping Out Food Deserts One City Block at a Time

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Taking on the twin crises of "food desert" neighborhoods and obesity, cities are using multiple approaches to give families access to fresh fruits and vegetables, including corner stores, bodegas, farmers markets, food trucks and even pushcarts.  With funding from The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, New York City has launched the country's largest pushcart initiative to deliver fresh produce to underserved neighborhoods.

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Excerpts from our event:

Introduction: Ms. Laurie M. Tisch President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund	Moderator: Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, Associate Chief of Neurosurgery- Grady Memorial Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery- Emory University
Panelist: Cathy Nonas Director, Physical Activity and Nutrition Program, New York City Department of Health	Panelist: Dwayne Proctor, Ph.D Director, Childhood Obesity Programs & Sr. Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Panelist: Mary Mazzio Filmmaker, Writer and Director Apple Pushers Documentary	Bringing Apple Pushers to Atlanta

News & Resources:

• Truly Living Well Wheat Street Garden (Video)
• Atlanta Business Chronicle: Bringing food trucks and fresh vegetables to communities good for Atlanta families
• Riverview Farms: Farm Mobile
• The Food Trust: Food for Every Child: The Need for More Supermarkets in Georgia
• Feeding America: Map the Meal Gap
• Baltimore's Virtual Supermarket Baltimarket
• Chicago's Mobile Produce Market: Fresh Moves
• Kansas City's Mobile Market: Beans & Greens
• The Food Trust: Philly Food Bucks
• The Food Trust: Healthy Corner Store Initiative
• PolicyLInk: The Grocery Gap
• The Hill: Keeping our children healthy, hunger free
• The Hill: Childhood obesity can be defeated