The document discusses challenges around food security and accessibility. It notes that simply building new grocery stores may not solve issues if the stores are not designed based on people's needs. It advocates for alternative approaches that empower local communities, promote local goods and experiential shopping, and create cultural change around food and health. The document questions current industrial agricultural and food distribution systems and argues for reconnecting people with local food production.

1. PIXELS, PLOWS & PARTNERSHIPS
Designing for Food Deserts

4. vehicle ownership
½-10 miles
1-10 miles

7. DEFINING FOOD SECURITY

8. FOOD AVAILABILITY
PHYSICAL ACCESS
PURCHASING POWER

9. DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
IMPORT CAPACITY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

10. SUPPLY CHAIN STABILITY
WEATHER VARIABILITY
LOCAL STORAGE CODES

11. FOOD UTILIZATION
SAFETY & HYGIENE
FARMING PRACTICES

12. ?

16. THE HIDDEN RISKS TO FOOD SECURITY

19. “THE PRESUMPTION IS, IF YOU BUILD A
STORE PEOPLE WILL COME.”
Stephen Matthews, Penn State University

20. AN EXAMPLE OF INHERENT OPTIMISM

23. DESIGN THINKING, DESIGNED POORLY

25. “TIME AND AGAIN, INITIATIVES FALTER
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BASED ON
[PEOPLE’S] NEEDS.”
Tim Brown & Jocelyn Wyatt, IDEO

30. “SUPERMARKETS ARE A KEY INSTITUTION
OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCONNECTION.”
Brett Scott

32. MAXIMIZING PROFIT
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
STANDARDIZED OFFERINGS
SLOW DELIVERY OF GOODS
PASSIVE CONSUMERISM

33. LOCAL GOODS
PURPOSEFUL BRANDS
PERSONALIZED SERVICE
EMPOWERED CONSUMERS
EXPERIENTIAL SHOPPING

39. “INNOVATION IS NOT AN END IN ITSELF.”
Rufo Quintavalle, Stanford Social Review

40. YOU HAVE TO CREATE AN ENEMY

47. “THIS IS A COMPANY THAT CREATES
POVERTY EVERYWHERE IT GOES.”
Stacy Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

49. DON’T EAT ANYTHING THAT CAN’T ROT

50. CALCIUM DISODIUM
ACESULFRAME POTASSIUM
POTASSIUM SORBATE
SUCRALOSE

52. “FOOD, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT,
IS KILLING US VERY SLOWLY.”
Ron Finley, L.A. Green Grounds

53. 40% DISCARDED FOR AESTHETICS

58. “THE NEXT PART OF THE INTERVENTION
IS TO CREATE DEMAND.”
Alex Ortega, UCLA

59. FREE EGGPLANT DOESN’T SCALE

60. ?

61. CULTURAL ATTITUDES

65. “WE FOCUS ON THE EMPOWERMENT
OF OUR CUSTOMERS.”
Jeff Brown, Uplift Solutions

67. “WE’VE GOTTEN TOO FAR AWAY
FROM THE LAND.”
Rashid Nuri, Truly Living Well Urban Farms

72. IF IT WAS A SNAKE, IT WOULD BITE YOU

73. YOU CAN’T GET UP FROM THE TOP

74. REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM

75. AFFORDANCE

76. EMPOWERMENT

77. ABUNDANCE

78. THANKS FOR LISTENING
Kel.Smith@anikto.com