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18 <br /> Table of Contents <br /> FOOD 2 <br /> KEY DEFINITIONS 4 <br /> INTRODUCTION 5 <br /> METHODS 6 <br /> RECOMMENDATIONS 10 <br /> LANGUAGE 18 <br /> ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 19 <br /> This Community Food Access Report summarizes an <br /> assessment process that began late in 2021 and finished <br /> in July 2022. <br /> The Report provides information about the important resources that informed our methods and lays <br /> out a detailed list of Community Expert recommendations. The purpose of this assessment was to <br /> focus on the expertise and experiences of those most impacted by food insecurity. We intentionally <br /> avoided more traditional assessment practices such as surveys or an overreliance on quantitative data. <br /> Instead, our focus was on listening to the community and honoring their experiences as subject-mat- <br /> ter expertise. We begin this report with some key definitions, a bit of food insecurity data to help us <br /> define the issues we aim to address, and a summary of our methods. These sections are only meant <br /> as introductions. The most essential part of this report is the Community Experts Recommendations <br /> section because, ultimately, the goal is to get closer to the solutions by working with those closest <br /> to the problems. A longer summary of the quantitative and qualitative data we collected during this <br /> process plus additional content from a two month long photovoice project will be shared in October. <br /> 3 <br />