COMMUNITY FOOD ACTION

ood is a complex issue that intersects with other societal conditions such as employment, health, environmental resilience, education, and housing. High rates of diet-related diseases such as diabetes, which afflicts 15% of neighborhood adults, reduce quality of life for Bronx residents. Over half of their neighborhood residents are severely rent burdened. Families are choosing between their next meals and paying rent. With the city’s highest rate of students in temporary housing, District 9 schools are for some children their only stable source of nourishing hot meals. The policies and practices that created segregated neighborhoods with poor housing and education, such as redlining, exacerbate an already inequitable food system.

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