West Coast Poverty Center (WCPC) Seminar:
“The Spatial Context of Food Security, Assistance, and Shopping: When Might Access Matter and Why?”
Scott Allard
Evans School – UW
Monday, March 5th
School of Social Work, Room 305A
12:30 – 1:30 pm
*Q&A until 2:00 pm*
Abstract: Rising rates of food insecurity over the past decade have fueled concern about whether households, particularly low-income households, have adequate access to food retailers. As a result, there has been significant interest in the presence and impact of food deserts. Dr. Allard will present findings from several different projects to assess spatial variation in food resource infrastructure and the role of food resource access plays (or does not play) in shaping household food outcomes.
