Measuring food security

Updated approach

Measuring access to staple foods

Building a database of food availability

  • Relative access to individual food items using a gravity index
  • Items can be combined to create culture-specific food baskets
  • Relative access using travel times and a gravity index
  • Two measures of Food Insecurity: Feeding America and Capital Area Food Bank
  • New approach for measuring

Sponsored by
Project Contact: Aaron Schroeder, ads7fg@virginia.edu