The Future Thought Leaders panel discussions of 2017 kicked off on April 21st at Oceanside’s Star Theatre. Labor leader Dolores Huerta and Food Democracy Now! founder Dave Murphy were among the distinguished panelists who weighed in on access to affordable and nutritious food at all economic levels.

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7. Jillian Barber, MPH
• Program Manager, Community Benefits
and Health Improvement, Sharp
• Co-Chair, Advisory Committee,
Community Health Needs Assessment
• Masters in Public Health, SDSU

8. Fernando M. Sañudo MPH
• CEO, Vista Community Clinic
• 2014 Latino Champion Award: Health
Professional of the Year
• Master’s in Public Health, SDSU

9. Paul L. Watson, Jr. MSHS
• President/CEO, Global Action Research
Center (Global Arc)
• Guest Lecturer, UCSD Urban Studies &
Planning Prog.
• Master of Science in Health Sciences,
Springfield College

10. Dolores Huerta
• President, Dolores Huerta Foundation
• Co-Founder, United Farm Workers
• Awarded Medal of Freedom (2012) &
Eleanor D. Roosevelt Human Rights (1998)

11. Michelle Ciccarelli Lerach
• Founder, BerryGoodFood.org,
BerryGoodNight.com
• Lawyer, sustainable food & farm advocate
• Opened first 3 Star Green Certified organic
bakery in CA

12. Daron 'Farmer D' Joffe
• Founding Director, Coastal Roots Farm
• Director of Agricultural Innovation and
Development, Leichtag Foundation
• Author, Citizen Farmers: The Biodynamic
Way to Grow Healthy Food

13. Rose Hayden-Smith, Ph.D.
• Historian & Editor, UC Food Observer
• Author, Sowing the Seeds of Victory (2014)
• Bradford & Rominger Award (Agricultural
Sustainability Leadership 2013)

14. Dave Murphy, MFA
• Founder & Executive Director,
Food Democracy Now!
• Fifth generation Iowan
• Frequent guest writer on environmental &
food policy issues
• MFA, Columbia U. & BA, Dartmouth College

15. Approximately 1 in 7
San Diegans are food insecure.

16. 1/4 of children in San Diego County
LACK ACCESS TO ENOUGH FOOD FOR
AN ACTIVE, HEALTHY LIFE

17. Community Needs Index

18. For over ONE MILLION
California residents,
access to fresh produce is more than a
20-MINUTE DRIVE

19. 42.2 million
people live in food insecure
households
43.1 million
people live in poverty
US Poverty & Food Insecurity
Household Food Insecurity in the United States Report, 2008 (Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program)

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
11% 10.9% 11.1%
14.6% 14.7% 14.5%
14% 14% 14% 14%
12.7%
US Food Insecurity

21. State by State
PREVALENCE OF FOOD-INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS
Food Insecurity

22. Reasons for Food Insecurity
29%
Did not eat
the whole day
94% could
not afford
balanced meal

23. Female mother,
no spouse
35%
Has children
under the age of 6
22%
Who is Most Affected?
PREVALENCE OF FOOD INSECURITY IN EACH GROUP
Hispanic
26%
Black
25%
Other
13%
White
11%

24. FOOD INSECURITY
INCREASES
(Feeding America)
UNEMPLOYMENT,
POVERTY
HOME OWNERSHIP

25. On average, SNAP households currently receive about
$255 a month. The average SNAP benefit per person is
about $126 per month, which works out to about
$1.40 PER PERSON PER MEAL
$1.40
Estimated average benefits are from FY 2015 SNAP Quality Control Household
Characteristics data, the most recent data with this information.Sep 30, 2016
$1.40 $1.40

26. Nutrition Assistance
CHILD RECIPIENTS

27. FOOD DESERTS:
only corner stores which carry mostly
PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS
and little or no fresh produce

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Small
Grocers
Convenience
Carryout
Fast Food
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SWAMPS
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FOOD SWAMP =
Too Many
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Source: BryanConnor.com

29. Food Desert
No Car & No Supermarket within a mile

30. CHRONIC ILLNESS
LIMITEDACCESS
TOFRESHFOOD
Residents living in
FOOD DESERTS
have higher rates of
OBESITY
DIABETES
HEART DISEASE
CANCER
and many other chronic
illnesses than those in
neighborhoods where healthy
food is easily accessible

31. 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment
Food Insecurity & Access to
Healthy Food

32. POOR CHILDREN
HAVE HIGHER
RATES OF OBESITY
than do nonpoor children
20% 15%
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theUnitedStates

33. Food Insecurity and Health

35. FOCUS ON LOCAL AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS
TO DECENTRALIZE SUPPLY AND INCREASE
THE AVAILABILITY OF QUALITY FOOD.
GROW FOOD LOCALLY
Build and develop backyard and community gardens as well as
larger scale urban agriculture
DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE RETAIL OUTLETS
Farmers Markets, Public Markets, Cooperatives, Farm Stands,
and Community Supported Agriculture (C.S.A.) Programs
Food Justice
COMMUNITY

36. Food Justice
ACCESS
INCREASE THE EASE OF OBTAINING QUALITY FOOD
REPLACE THE EASE OF OBTAINING QUALITY FOOD
Increase stocks of fruits and vegetables at corner stores or
small groceries
MORE FULL-SCALE GROCERY STORES
Attract and/or develop more grocery stores and supermarkets
where they are scarce
TRANSPORTATION
Improve transportation to grocery stores and farmer’s markets

37. EQUIP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH THE TOOLS TO
MAKE HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES
COOKING CLASSES
Implement programs at shelters, churches, community colleges, &
civic centers teaching people how to cook cheap, simple, and
healthy meals
NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION
Teach classes on nutritional information including the dangers of
preserved and fast food while stressing the healthy benefits of
freshly prepared meals.
Food Justice
EMPOWERMENT

39. “U.S. agriculture …“would collapse without the
immigrant and migratory workforce,” up to 75%
of which is estimated to be undocumented.”
April 4, 2017

40. FARMWORKERS

41. FARMWORKER PAY

42. FARMWORKERS

45. Adlai E. Stevenson II

48. Chellie Pingree

49. CESAR CHAVEZ

50. “The state of food insecurity in the world FAO 2006, 2009

51. CESAR CHAVEZ

52. Bill Mollison
- Father of permaculture

53. Bill Gates

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