John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Nutrients. 2021 Nov 19;13(11):4145. doi: 10.3390/nu13114145.
Food value chains are increasingly recognized as more equitable alternatives to traditional supply chains and may represent a novel mechanism to achieve health equity at the local level. Country Fresh Stops (CFS) and Donation Station (DS) are two complementary programs that are part of a more robust value chain designed to support local agriculture in Appalachia Ohio. As the first study of these programs in the peer-reviewed literature, the objectives were to identify factors that facilitate or hinder the implementation of these two local value chain models of healthy food access and to identify the perceived impacts from the perspective of the sites implementing them. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with CFS ( = 7) and DS ( = 10) site representatives in January 2020. Template analysis was used to identify themes through and inductive codes. Participants identified two primary facilitators: support from partner organizations and on-site program stewardship. Produce (and program) seasonality and mitigating food waste were the most cited challenges. Despite challenges, both CFS and DS sites perceive the models to be successful efforts for supporting the local economy, achieving organizational missions, and providing consumers with greater access to locally grown produce. These innovative programs demonstrate good feasibility, but long-term sustainability and impacts on other key stakeholders merit further investigation.
食品价值链正逐渐被视为比传统供应链更公平的选择，可能代表着在地方一级实现健康公平的新机制。Country Fresh Stops (CFS) 和 Donation Station (DS) 是两个互补的项目，它们是一个更强大的价值链的一部分，旨在支持俄亥俄州阿巴拉契亚地区的当地农业。作为这些项目在同行评审文献中的首次研究，其目的是确定促进或阻碍这两种当地健康食品获取价值链模式实施的因素，并从实施这些模式的角度确定感知到的影响。2020 年 1 月，对 CFS（=7）和 DS（=10）站点代表进行了深入的半结构化访谈。模板分析用于通过 和归纳代码来确定主题。参与者确定了两个主要的促进因素：来自合作伙伴组织的支持和现场项目管理。农产品（和项目）的季节性和减少食物浪费是被引用最多的挑战。尽管存在挑战，但 CFS 和 DS 站点都认为这些模式是支持当地经济、实现组织使命以及为消费者提供更多本地种植农产品的成功努力。这些创新项目显示出良好的可行性，但长期可持续性和对其他主要利益相关者的影响值得进一步调查。
