the bigger picture: addressing issues of fresh food access · 2019. 10. 5. · we are vegetarian...
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The bigger picture: addressing issues of fresh food access
Lucy Antal
Sustainable Food Adviser The Food Domain
Project Manager Regional Food Economy (NW) Feedback
Messages
Reality
"Well of the morning the kids tend to have toast cause they won’t eat cereal and then they have school dinners most days and then when they come home it tends to be McDonalds."
"We would have a banana once a week."
"It’s just cheaper to buy bad food."
"When you’re on benefits and you are a single parent, it definitely affects what you can afford to buy and what you can’t afford, especially with the lads who only eat 1 thing. So if I only have a £5 I’ve got to buy chicken nuggets and then I might have to make my daughter chicken nuggets as well, because I can only afford to buy 1 thing."
"It’s more cheaper for the unhealthy food, like the food you can pick up like a bag of, like anything."
Landscape of poverty
• Low income/ unemployment
• Lower educational/ skills attainment
• Physical health
• Emotional wellbeing
• Rising cost of living
• Cuts to social safety net
• Environment
Contributing Factors
Policy
Result
Another way?
Story so far
Rose vouchers have had a positive effect
financially
Helpful
"It helps alot"
"Very helpful”
Affordable "Brilliant...makes fruit and veg affordable in
big quantities
Supportive to low-income families
"Really good at this hard time"
"Good for low-income families"
"Amazing scheme to help family who
struggle"
Research conducted by Eimer Stewart LJMU Food & Nutrition student
"I think the vouchers definitely allow me to provide more balanced meals.
we are vegetarian but for other people, I imagine it to be an even
bigger help.”
"Instead of having sweets or whatever he would have
strawberries now instead of that.”
"Whatever meal they do have they will always have a bit of broccoli or they will have some cauliflower
or something like that, that’s always on the side and they love it.”
"When I go to the fruit and veg van now so I’ll get say some mushrooms, some onions,
peppers, and that so my kids like omelette so I’ll stick all that in an omelette and that’s like
a meal for them.”
"I now make spaghetti Bolognese with carrots and
stuff in it.”
"There is more like stews and stuff cause we have like the veg packs so there is more stews in the house.”
“I’m now batch baking so like I’m making and then freezing.”
Quotes
Research conducted by Lucy Feather LJMU Food & Nutrition student.
Conclusion
• If you build it, they will come.
• No point pushing health messages if the environment makes it unattainable.
• Assume nothing, listen and learn first.
• The issue is complex. The solutions are not linear. Neither are people.
