Larisa graduated magna cum laude with honors in International Relations from Brown University in 2003. She worked at New York City’s FoodChange as a Program Assistant in the Food Access Department, where she contributed to program development, media campaigns, and grant applications, including a USDA award for $125,000. Larisa she studied … Read more
Kevin Anderson
Kevin graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University in 2005, receiving a BA in political science and legal studies. He wrote honors theses for both majors: the first paper posited a legal and political solution to the Iraqi debt crisis and the second paper examined the evolution of U.S. foreign … Read more
Madina Agénor
Madina graduated magna cum laude with honors from Brown University with a degree in Gender Studies and Community Health. While at Brown, she served as the co-director of a student-run dance company, a peer French tutor, an academic advisor to first-year students, and a community health educator. She wrote an … Read more
Brigit Adamus
Brigit graduated from Cornell University in 2005 with a degree in Human Biology, Health, and Society. At Cornell she competed for the varsity gymnastics team and served as the president of the Panhellenic Health Advisory Team. She conducted research with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program and completed … Read more
Evaluation of the 2005-2006 Provision 2 Pilot in Milwaukee Public Schools
Evaluation of the 2005-2006 Provision 2 Pilot in Milwaukee Public Schools highlights key findings from the evaluation of Milwaukee’s Provision 2 pilot and is used to inform considerations regarding future universal free meal expansion in Milwaukee. The report discusses how … Read more
Small Talks for Big Change: Conversations around Getting and Growing Good Food
Small Talks for Big Change: Conversations around Getting and Growing Good Food is a compilation of community discussions. It includes community members’ perceptions, words, and ideas about local food and food security. The report, and the relationship-building involved in its … Read more
Community Food Assessment Map Project
Community Food Assessment Map Project is a map of community food assessment results using GIS technology. The maps have been distributed throughout Kentucky, and are used both as strategic tools for community members as they implement change, and as public … Read more
Intra-Agency Barriers to Food Stamps: Maximizing Benefits for Elders and Persons with Disabilities in Massachusetts
Intra-Agency Barriers to Food Stamps: Maximizing Benefits for Elders and Persons with Disabilities in Massachusetts is a summary of suggestions from advocates on ways to improve enrollment of elders and persons with disabilities in Massachusetts’ Food Stamp Program. The report … Read more
Broken Promises
Broken Promises incorporates interviews with individuals and families affected by Hurricane Katrina into an analysis of ongoing and emerging crises in the New Orleans region. The report offers a simple overview of the New Orleans area housing crisis, highlighting the … Read more
Access to the Federal Food Stamp Program: An In-Depth Analysis of New York City’s Immigrant Communities, Estimates of Unmet Need and Barriers to Access
Access to the Federal Food Stamp Program: An In-Depth Analysis of New York City’s Immigrant Communities, Estimates of Unmet Need and Barriers to Access is a comprehensive analysis of the context of immigrant food stamps access in New York City. … Read more
Connecting People to Power: How to Establish a Citizen’s Advocacy Group at a Food Bank
Connecting People to Power: How to Establish a Citizen’s Advocacy Group at a Food Bank guides service providers through the process of bringing together food pantry clients to participate in sustained advocacy. The guide provides helpful examples, models, and references … Read more
Closing New Mexico’s Rural Food Gap
Closing New Mexico’s Rural Food Gap examined the scope and dynamics of access to fresh fruits and vegetables in northern New Mexico and solicited recommendations for community action.