Food
 Deserts
 in
 the 
Inland
 Empire: Locating 
Space
 for
 Urban
 Gardens
 in
 Ontario,
 California

Author

Ashley L. McCoy, Pomona CollegeFollow

Graduation Year

2011

Document Type

Open Access Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Environmental Analysis

Reader 1

Char Miller

Reader 2

Maria Tucker

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Rights Information

© 2010 Ashley L. McCoy

Abstract

Food insecurity is defined as “a household‐level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food” (USDA Economic Research Service 2009). Low‐income households tend to be food insecure for many reasons. The first and most obvious would be the access to monetary resources. If a household does not have a sufficient income, it is difficult to keep an adequate amount of food for all household members at all times. Another reason would be that many low‐income households cannot afford a car and/or do not have easy access to public transportation or reliable private transportation.

Comments

Thesis submitted in 2010.

Recommended Citation

McCoy, Ashley L., "Food
 Deserts
 in
 the 
Inland
 Empire: Locating 
Space
 for
 Urban
 Gardens
 in
 Ontario,
 California" (2011). Pomona Senior Theses. 96.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/96