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SEFA: Southeast Food Access Working Group

Join SEFA's mission to improve food access for BVHP residents. Learn how we tackle food deserts, promote health, and empower communities through nutrition education and partnerships. Be part of the change today!

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SEFA: Southeast Food Access Working Group

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  1. SEFA: Southeast Food Access Working Group Network for a Healthy California January 23, 2008

  2. The Mayor’s Challenge: Shape Up SF • Launched in April 2006 • Shaping up the physical activity and nutrition environments • Making it easy to make the healthy choice by focusing on: • Policy • Data • Education/Awareness • Programs

  3. Food Insecurity in the U.S. • 1/6 are food insecure in US • Low Income people and people of color are more likely to suffer from food insecurity (hunger and obesity). • Food insecurity affects 35% of low income households in the US • African American and Latino households face food insecurity and hunger rates three times as high as those of white households. (USDA)

  4. Food Deserts… The causes of food insecurity include supermarket flight from inner cities, transportation barriers, inundating inner cities with fast food chains and food that is high in salt, sugar, and fat. Food insecurity contributes to growing rates of diabetes and obesity – health concerns that rank high in inner city communities like Bayview. Bolen, E. and Hecht, K. (2003, January). Neighborhood Groceries: New Access to Healthy Food in Low Income Communities. California Food Policy Advocates.

  5. Background • Shape Up SF Summit in April 2006 – breakout group on food access • Follow up: ongoing communication • Reconvened group in January 2007 • Response to community request

  6. SEFA MembersCo chairs: SEHC director & WPM general manager Community Based Partners BVHP Farmer’s Market BVHP Foundation CPMC Bayview Child Health Center Hunter’s Point Family Literacy for Environmental Justice Network for Elders Quesada Gardens Initiative Reachout for the Rainbow AfterSchool SF Food Bank SF Wholesale Produce Market San Francisco Food Systems CCSF Partners Department of the Environment Department of Public Health Department of Public Works Mayor’s Office of Community Development Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development San Francisco Redevelopment Agency

  7. SEFA Goal The goal of SEFA is to work collaboratively across city and community agencies to ensure that healthy, fresh, sustainable, and affordable produce is accessible to all residents of the BVHP, utilizing existing venues and supporting transformation and/or creation of new ones.

  8. SEFA Activities • SEFA has identified several areas in which to work. • Looking at spectrum of issues across the food system including: • Nutrition education/Awareness Raising • Working with food pantries • Full service market(s)

  9. Full Service Market • Engaged key city agencies • MOEWD, SFRA, MOCD, DPH • Identified need for survey to understand desires and needs of community • Over protest of district supervisor • In Summer 2007, developed and implemented survey.

  10. Survey Process • Promoted as CBO/resident led • Administered to nearly 600 residents in BVHP and Visitacion Valley in… • English, Spanish and Chinese • Surveys administered online and at • grocery stores, • food pantries, • community agencies, • housing developments, • door to door.

  11. SEFA Survey Results

  12. Respondents care about values associated with workers rights and organic foods. • 58% want a co-op market • 53% “most important” that foods be free of pesticides and chemicals and be grown by local farmers who treat farm workers fairly. • Most residents buy their food outside of the neighborhood (grocery sales leakage reached $38 million) • Lack of quality/freshness of food and safe pleasant shopping atmosphere were cited as reasons why residents don’t shop at existing stores. • While 55% preferred a large grocery store, 45% preferred a couple of smaller stores in different locations. SEFA Survey Results

  13. Full Service Market • Mayor’s Office of Economic & Workforce Development participation in SEFA meetings • SEFA sounding board to MOWED • Recommended Tesco • Visited/contacted independent stores • Advocated to potential stores

  14. Success!?! • TESCO interest • Company values • Alcohol moratorium • In December 2007, Fresh and Easy broke ground for a full service market in BVHP to open mid 2009 Progress: but not a complete solution

  15. Future SEFA Work • Nutrition Education/Awareness Raising (collaborate with culinary institutes to train community cooks, cooking demo’s, cook books etc) • Work with existing/new grocery stores • Share Survey findings: FoodsCo, Supersave • Market Watch • Continue collaboration with SEFA member projects • Leadership by community

  16. Lessons Learned • LISTEN to community • Formed SEFA • Survey • Alcohol Moratorium • ACT with community • Provide TA/Leadership • SHARE • Work • Survey, staffing • Success/failures

  17. SEFA Survey Results www.shapeupsf.org

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