Food Justice and Equity Community Survey (MN) V2

Every day you juggle the strengths and struggles to staying healthy in your community. As a community member, your input on the assets, and the barriers, to securing healthy food for your families can provide important insight into opportunities for the changes you seek. At the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists*, we are working with a local advisory committee**, community leaders, researchers, and policymakers to listen, learn, and facilitate partnerships to lift up the existing opportunities and address the obstacles you face in healthy eating. Your responses to the brief questionnaire below will help us get started on understanding and filling this need.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? As a survey participant, you are welcome to attend and participate in a public event on Saturday, June 6th. More details at the end of the survey (and there will be food, drink, and an artistic performance!).

THE SURVEY WILL TAKE ROUGHLY 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE. Thank you for your time and input!

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* 1. What is your race/ethnicity?

African American

African Born

Native American

Southeast Asian

Latino

Multi-Racial

Caucasian

Other (please specify)

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* 2. If you answered Native American to Question 1, please indicate tribe

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* 3. What is your age?

Less than 12

12 to 17

18 to 35

36 to 55

55 and older

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* 4. What is your gender?

Female

Male

Prefer not to answer

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Please enter your home zip code

Format is xxxxx or xxxxxxxxx (5 or 9 digits long)

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* 6. Based on culture and experiences, different communities define food differently. How would you best describe what healthy food means to you?

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* 7. How Important do you feel what you eat is to your health and well-being?

Very Important

Somewhat Important

Not Important

I don’t have an opinion/think about it

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* 8. Are there unique assets (policies, programs, partnerships) you’d like to highlight that have helped secure healthy food for you and your family?

The following definitions could be helpful in answering questions 9:

Food ACCESS - Sources for healthy foods are easy to get to at a manageable distance from home or work, using affordable and convenient personal or public transportation
Food AFFORDABILITY - You can buy most or all of the healthy foods you want with the money you have available
Food AVAILABILITY - there are adequate amounts, quality, and variety of healthy options to choose from in stores and vendors you visit

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* 9. How challenging are the following for you and your family when it comes to eating healthier foods?

	Most challenging	Somewhat challenging	Least challenging	Not a problem
Access	Access Most challenging	Access Somewhat challenging	Access Least challenging	Access Not a problem
Affordability	Affordability Most challenging	Affordability Somewhat challenging	Affordability Least challenging	Affordability Not a problem
Availability	Availability Most challenging	Availability Somewhat challenging	Availability Least challenging	Availability Not a problem