Accessing food resources: Rural and urban patterns of giving and getting food |
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Authors: | Lois Wright Morton Ella Annette Bitto Mary Jane Oakland Mary Sand |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA;(2) John Deere Credit, Des Moines, Iowa, USA;(3) Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA |
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Abstract: | Reciprocity and redistribution economies are often used by low-income households to increase access to food, adequate diets,
and food security. A United States study of two high poverty rural counties and two low-income urban neighborhoods reveal
poor urban households are more likely to access food through the redistribution economy than poor rural households. Reciprocal
nonmarket food exchanges occur more frequently in low-income rural households studied compared to low-income urban ones. The
rural low-income purposeful sample was significantly more likely to give food to family, friends, and neighbors and obtain
food such as fish, meat, and garden produce from friends and family compared to the urban low-income group. Further, 58% of
the low-income rural group had access to garden produce while only 23% of the low-income urban group reported access. In a
rural random sample of the whole population in the two high poverty counties access to garden produce increased chances of
attaining recommended vegetable and fruit servings controlling for income, education, and age. Access to a garden also significantly
increased the variety of fruits and vegetables in diets.
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Keywords: | Dietary quality Fruits Food access Garden Getting food Giving food Low-income Reciprocity Redistribution Vegetables |
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