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Improving and Facilitating a Farmers Market in a Low-Income Urban Neighborhood: A Washington, DC, Case Study
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Improving and Facilitating a Farmers Market in a Low-Income Urban Neighborhood: A Washington, DC, Case Study
Date
2001
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The Anacostia neighborhood of Southeast Washington, DC, is an urban area that is characterized by high unemployment, crime, and poverty. Economic development and prosperity have been hindered by a variety of forces. Education levels are low, and the Anacostia Farmers Market marketing area has elevated levels of households in poverty (23 percent) when compared with the average for Washington, DC (15 percent).
The Anacostia Farmers Market was a project initiated by the From the Ground Up program of the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB). The CAFB recognized a profound lack of healthful food choices in retail outlets in the downtown Anacostia neighborhood, especially fresh produce. The CAFB began the farmers market project as a step toward addressing that problem.
The CAFB and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a cooperative agreement in June 2000. The objectives of the partnership between USDA and the Anacostia Farmers Market were to develop and improve farmers markets in Anacostia.
The Anacostia Farmers Market was a project initiated by the From the Ground Up program of the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB). The CAFB recognized a profound lack of healthful food choices in retail outlets in the downtown Anacostia neighborhood, especially fresh produce. The CAFB began the farmers market project as a step toward addressing that problem.
The CAFB and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a cooperative agreement in June 2000. The objectives of the partnership between USDA and the Anacostia Farmers Market were to develop and improve farmers markets in Anacostia.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture