Daniel Block: Mapping Food Access and Food Deserts (Full)

Описание: Daniel Block is a professor of Geography at Chicago State University and is also the coordinator for The Fredrick Blum Neighborhood Assistance Center, which provides technical and research assistance to neighborhood based, community, and economic development organizations. He has an extensive background in food studies and Geographic Information Systems and is a founding member of the Chicago Food Systems Collaborative. In this interview, Daniel talks about his role as a geographer, mapping food access, food deserts and the aesthetics of food marketing.

Table of Contents:

(0:23) BACKGROUND
Becoming a Geographer (0:44)
Studying soil conservation (5:30)
USDA Program for farmers to plant native grasses (6:54)

(8:28) FROM SOIL CONSERVATION TO AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Urban and Rural relationships (9:00)
Relation to Public Health in Chicago (9:32)

(10:34) FOOD ACCESS ISSUES
Supermarkets (10:50)
Community Organization Collaborations (10:54)

(13:00) INFLUENCES FROM MACALASTER COLLEGE
Studying Geography in Holland (13:48)
Geology and History (14:24)
History of Geography of Twin Cities and St. Anthony Park (15:20)
History Professor who was a labor activist (17:00)

(19:22) MAP IMAGERY
Iowa Rural and Urban Images (19:53)
Loss of the paper map (21:48)

(22:52) MAPS AND UNDERSTANDING FOOD ACCESS
Food Activism (23:52)
Grocery Stores (24:30)
Food deserts (25:42)
Race and Access (26:04)

(30:00) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MAPPING
Maps are only a part (32:21)

(32:56) FOOD DESERTS
Availability and Cost (33:30)
Low concentration of stores (34:00)
Mobility of residents (34:13)
Rural Food deserts (34:44)

(36:24) FOOD ACCESS MATTERS TO COMMUNITY
Individuality (37:40)
Food Landscapes (39:28)
Interpersonal relations (40:34)
Racism and difference (41:11)

(42:21) FOOD MARKETING
Discount stores (46:01)
Organic and non-organic milk cartons (48:54)
Whole Grain (52:42)
Socio-economic hierarchy of stores (58:22)