Healthy Food

Goal #1

Improve affordability of healthy food in local stores.

Identify current food procurement/distribution methods

Work with large institutions to purchase healthy food in large quantities and develop agreements to resell at a reduced cost to small, local businesses.

Develop partnerships to ensure the new healthy foods are appropriately priced, marketed and distributed.

Goal #2

Increase awareness of and participation in educational opportunities that promote healthy eating.

Objective #1

Identify healthy food/healthy eating education programs currently offered and assess details.

Objective #2

Identify barriers to participation such as location, timing, transportation, etc. and strategies to overcome these barriers.

Objective #3

Develop strategies to improve promotion of and participation in these programs through removing barriers and/or implementing incentives

Goal #3

Increase number of physical access points to healthy food in under-resourced areas.

Review food access studies to determine areas of greatest need for new healthy food access points

For neighborhoods with nearby convenience stores, initiate Ohio Department of Health Good Food Here Program

For neighborhoods with nearby dollar stores, engage with store managers to better promote healthy foods

Develop resource package to help businesses improve facilities, reach out to residents, address safety concerns, purchase equipment, locate distributors to provide healthy food as identified by residents/customers

For neighborhoods without viable business, determine strategic location(s) for possible mobile market/farmers markets

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