Classroom Norms:
- Respect & Acknowledge others ideas
- Take Initiative
- Check & Ask Questions
- Understand the Goal
- Communicate your thoughts
Food Equity Project:
The purpose of our project was to learn about food insecurity and food waste within San Diego. Each group worked with their own organization that combats these issues. This work included interpreting collected data and volunteering.
These groups from Jims math class worked with these 13 organizations:
My group worked specifically with Bright Side Produce. BrightSide strengthens communities by bringing together people, while working to get rid of food deserts. A food desert is an urban area in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food. BrightSide was founded in 2014 in Minneapolis. In 2017, a second organization was opened in San Diego. The BrightSide website shows data of store availability, restaurant availability, food assistance, state food insecurity, food prices and takes, health and physical activity, local foods, and socioeconomic characteristics for San Diego County. This data shows which states have better access to fresh food, the restaurant availability, local food, and food assistance, you can then compare that data to food prices and taxes, and health and physical activity. If the data is compared, you could see a correlation between each variable, which shows the cause to food insecurity.
Through my exploration of BrightSide and statistics I have learned that food insecurity impacts about 16% of the population of San Diego. 494,439 people in San Diego County are food insecure. That’s 330,302 adults and 164,137 children. The organization is fully self-sufficient, selling their products to local community stores and groups. There are currently two major Co-Founders here in San Diego: Dr. Iana A. Castro from San Diego State University, working as a Faculty Director, and Rafael Castro as Operations Director. All past members have engaged in volunteer work and student involvement.
Goals of this project:
If I were to do this project again, I would hope to do more volunteering with my organization. They are very active in the community, it would be fun to share more experiences with the people who work with BrightSide. This work is important because it helps people in our San Diegan communities who don’t have easy access to food by eliminating food deserts.
These groups from Jims math class worked with these 13 organizations:
- UCSD Center for Community Health
- Slow Food Urban San Diego
- Produce Good
- Sherman Elementary
- Berry Good Food Foundation
- Olivewood Gardens
- Community Through Hope
- San Diego Food Bank
- Kitchens For Good
- Champions For Health
- Urban Life San Diego
- Wild Willow
- Bayside Community Center
- North County Food Policy Council
- San Diego Food System Alliance
- BrightSide Produce
My group worked specifically with Bright Side Produce. BrightSide strengthens communities by bringing together people, while working to get rid of food deserts. A food desert is an urban area in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food. BrightSide was founded in 2014 in Minneapolis. In 2017, a second organization was opened in San Diego. The BrightSide website shows data of store availability, restaurant availability, food assistance, state food insecurity, food prices and takes, health and physical activity, local foods, and socioeconomic characteristics for San Diego County. This data shows which states have better access to fresh food, the restaurant availability, local food, and food assistance, you can then compare that data to food prices and taxes, and health and physical activity. If the data is compared, you could see a correlation between each variable, which shows the cause to food insecurity.
Through my exploration of BrightSide and statistics I have learned that food insecurity impacts about 16% of the population of San Diego. 494,439 people in San Diego County are food insecure. That’s 330,302 adults and 164,137 children. The organization is fully self-sufficient, selling their products to local community stores and groups. There are currently two major Co-Founders here in San Diego: Dr. Iana A. Castro from San Diego State University, working as a Faculty Director, and Rafael Castro as Operations Director. All past members have engaged in volunteer work and student involvement.
Goals of this project:
- Meet the Deliverables
- Project Deliverable #1: BrightSide Introduction
- Project Deliverable#2: Data & Statistic Analysis
- Project Deliverable #3: Results and Interpretation
- Volunteering
- My group volunteered on December 6th, 2018 and visited BrightSide's San Diego location.
- Present at Exhibition
- To present our final portfolios that we created we had a panel discussion. Our panel discussion was held on Wednesday, December 12. Both of the BrightSide groups came together to speak on their research.
If I were to do this project again, I would hope to do more volunteering with my organization. They are very active in the community, it would be fun to share more experiences with the people who work with BrightSide. This work is important because it helps people in our San Diegan communities who don’t have easy access to food by eliminating food deserts.
Links to Finished Portfolio:
brightside_final_portfolio.pdf | |
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One thing that really surmised me while working with this data was how correlated low-income communities and low-access to food are. My group was constantly shown this through our data.