What food-access question do you wish a map could answer?

[Viable Food]

A food-access map is most useful when it helps someone make a decision.

Simply putting store locations on a map is not enough.

Useful questions might include:

• Which communities lose meaningful access if a store closes?
• Which stores are uniquely important to their surrounding population?
• Where would a new grocery location improve access the most?
• How does vehicle access change the picture?
• Which areas have WIC access versus SNAP access?
• Which communities appear adequately served on a simple distance map but are poorly connected by the actual road network?
• Where should technical assistance or public investment be prioritized?

The Viable Food mapping work will continue to improve, and real questions from people doing grocery and food-access work should help shape that development.

What decision are you trying to make that better food-access data or mapping could help answer?