Fresh Food Alternatives: Our Choice, Our Voice
A Fairview Community Food Assessment
What is a Community Food Assessment (CFA)?
It’s a way to construct an accurate map of our food resources and needs here in Fairview, which will help us to highlight the best routes to making food access and food quality better for more members of the community – and Fairview is taking part in that assessment process now through July 2012.
How does a CFA work?
Above all its main purpose is to listen. To hear from you, because you are the experts and your experiences and concerns are vital to finding out where we are strong and where we’re weak food-wise – as families, as neighborhoods and as a community.
Why is a CFA important for Fairview?
Fairview is blessed with many food assets and we want to learn from and build on those resources. The CFA will help us, as a Community, to understand, through an open-ended dialogue, how all Fairview residents and their families view their ability to buy, grow, store, prepare and enjoy healthful food. This research will help improve our community food resources in order to better serve our collective food needs and will become a solution-oriented tool for the community.
Our CFA is about more than mapping our way. It’s also a window into how food relates to the issues of hunger, health, local economies, land stewardship, and the overall wellbeing of our community; and will help open communication between all members of the community.
BE HEARD!! To hear your voice we will be reaching out through a variety of methods including surveys, interviews, community forums, and group dialogues. The information will be collected, complied into a free public report, and kept completely anonymous. Your opinions will only be used to determine where we are and where we want to go, food-wise.
The CFA is 100% Fairview-driven, and requires your input on a range of food-related topics to be a success. We can be proud, that it’s our “little town south of Asheville” leading the way in Buncombe County, and Western North Carolina. What we do here will become a model other small WNC towns can use.
Want to be a part of it? Please contact Cameron Farlow P 336-707-5412 E cefarlow@gmail.com
Step Right up and take the Fairview Food Survey!
Do you ever:
• wonder if it’s possible to eat healthily and affordably?
• ask yourself where the food you eat really comes from?
• say, “Sure, I’d eat more fresh food, if it wasn’t for ______ !”
What are your thoughts about the food you buy and eat?
We need to know what you think. Voice your opinions through our online survey found at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FairviewCommunityFoodAssessment
Or fill out a paper copy at the Fairview Library!
Tell us what you feel and what you would like to see changed to increase your—and everyone’s—ability to enjoy good, healthful food! The survey is completely confidential and will only take 10-15 minutes of your time.
Want to know more?
If you’re interested in finding out more about other communities who have carried out a Community Food Assessments or interested in doing one in your own community check out the links below:
Helpful Guides and Resources:
USDA Community Food Security Toolkit
Whats Cooking in your Food System: A Guide to Community Food Assessment
Community Food Security Coalition
Other Community Food Assessment Reports:
From Our Own Soil: A Community Food Assessment Benton County, Oregon, and its Foodshed 2006
Everyone Eats: A Community Food Assessment For Areas of North and Northeast Portland Oregon
Missoula County Community Food Assessment
Humboldt County Community Food Assessment
