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Learn more about The Food Project's work with young people, promoting a healthy community, and creating sustainable food systems! Read the research papers that have been written about us through the years.
BOSTON BOUNTY BUCKS: INCREASING ACCESS TO AND AFFORDABILITY OF
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR SNAP PARTICIPANTS
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A thorough review of the Boston Bounty Bucks program's performance in 2009, with recommendations for 2010 and the future. By 2009-2010 TFP Bill Emerson Congressional Hunger Fellow Gina Kim.
THE FOOD PROJECT: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
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The Food Project, in conjunction with Brigham Nahas Research Associates, conducted an alumni-follow up study. This study was designed to understand the impacts the programs have on youth participants. Youth from our Summer Youth Program, Academic Year Program, and Internship Program were interviewed and the reflections on their experiences are presented in this report. What’s exciting to all of us here at The Food Project is to have evidence that the programs are working and that a difference is being made. Young people are being transformed as a direct result of their time with The Food Project. We hope this report will engage and inspire you.
BRIDGING COMMUNITIES, ADDRESSING STEREOTYPES
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The Summer Youth Program brings together youth from urban and non-urban areas to foster relationships between diverse high school students. For most participants, it is their first time coming into contact with people from this "other" environment. Lianne Fisman’s dissertation for the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning examines how programs can undermine racism and broad stereotypes by encouraging ties between diverse individuals, communities, and environments. She provides recommendations for programs to increase their effectiveness in this regard.
ENGAGING YOUTH IN SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE WORK
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Ivelina Borisova’s case study examines the motivations behind youth involvement in socially responsible work, and how to sustain this commitment over time. She identifies motivating factors for youth, with implications for how to use this to engage young people in community work. Highly informative for anyone interested in youth leadership and civic engagement.
ROOTING THE COMMUNITY, GROWING THE FUTURE
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Iris Zippora Ahronowitz' essay, subtitled Two Massachusetts Urban Agriculture Organizations and their Social Impacts, examines TFP and Nuestras Raíces as case studies of organizations using urban agriculture as a tool for community and youth development.
THE FOOD PROJECT: A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR EL SALVADOR
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Former TFP staffer Martha Morales wrote this paper as part of her Masters degree in Sustainable International Development at Brandeis. In the paper, Morales describes the problems and opportunities youth face in El Salvador, and examines the applicability of The Food Project's programs there.
