title: A farmers' market in a food desert: Evaluating impacts on the price and availability of healthy food.
abstract: Several studies have examined supermarket access for low-income residents, but few have explored how access to healthy food changes when a new food retailer such as a farmers' market opens in a place previously known as a 'food desert'. This paper uses a 'before and after' approach to examine the impact of the introduction of a farmers' market on the price and availability of healthy food in an underserved urban neighbourhood. The farmers' market had a major impact on grocery prices in the neighbourhood, which decreased by almost 12% in 3 years.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Department of Geography and Planning, St. George Campus, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G3. kristian.larsen@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gilliland
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000191:economics*; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D040541:Marketing / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D009864:Ontario; D014504:Urban Health