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Field Reports

Let Them Eat Carrots: Expanding Produce Access in the Greater Pittsburgh Area

Cody Fischer, Emerson Fellow
Published 2008

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Let Them Eat Carrots: Expanding Produce Access in the Greater Pittsburgh Area identifies the major barriers to access among vulnerable populations in current Farm Stand Project communities, explores the trade offs among alternative program models for improving produce access, and details a strategic plan for scaling up the Food Bank’s initiatives to reach Allegheny County’s most underserved populations.

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Publication tags: Field Reports - Emergency Food Network, Farmers' Markets, Farm Stands, and EBT, Food Banks, Food Systems and Agriculture - Emergency Food Recipients

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Cody Fischer

Emerson Fellow

Cody graduated with honors and departmental distinction from Saint John’s University in 2007 with a degree in economics.  He served on the student Senate, tutored Somali refugees at a local Boys and Girls Club, studied abroad in China and France, and represented students on the Saint John’s University Board of Regents.  Cody also worked as a government relations intern at CentraCare Health System, launched a non-profit business with a team of fellow Entrepreneurial Scholars, and wrote an honors thesis on the impact of trade liberalization on human development in West Africa.

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