VCC Creates Food Access Mapping Tool for Virginia

Virginia Community Capital, PolicyMap
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Virginia Community Capital and The Reinvestment Fund (TRF) have released a new interactive map and two reports that call attention to the gaps in healthy food access in Virginia. The map, built on TRF’s Policy Map platform, combines limited supermarket access data, food insecurity data, food stamp recipient data and population demographics. The first report released alongside the map is a study on limited supermarket access areas across the commonwealth. The report breaks down limited supermarket access areas by the amount of food dollars leaked outside of a given geographic boundary. The second report is a study of supermarkets and their ownership models throughout Virginia.