Summary of: An Asset-Based Examination of Contextual Factors Influencing Nutrition Security: The Case of Rural Northern New England

Claire H. Ryan, Food Systems Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
Caitlin Morgan, Food Systems Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
Johathan G. Malacarne, School of Economics and Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA.
Emily H. Belarmino, Food Systems Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.

This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, General Medical Sciences IDeA-CTR grant (NNE-CTR) [grant number U54GM115516

Why this matters?

This study uses an asset-based approach to understand what supports nutrition security in rural northern New England. Through interviews and focus groups with food system professionals, the authors identify existing community strengths across multiple domains, showing that rural areas possess underrecognized assets that can be leveraged to improve nutrition and health.

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