Tools are available to learn more about Limited Supermarket Access areas.

The Reinvestment Fund recently announced that 2014 Limited Supermarket Access Data is now available:

• on PolicyMap under the "Quality of Life" tab;
• on the Healthy Food Access Portal's "Research Your Community;"
• as a report available on The Reinvestment Fund's website.

The Limited Supermarket Access (LSA) analysis provides information on the degree of equitable access to healthy food retail across the country, at the census block group level.

PolicyMap recently started a new webinar series called Mapchats. The series will continue this week with a webinar about Mapping Food Access. Sign up for the webinar to be held on April 22, 2015, at 2:00pm (EDT) to discover how Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), government agencies and other entities use data to increase access to healthy fresh food in their target areas. Hear from experts in the field who will tell their stories about how and why data and mapping are indispensable to their work around healthy food access. The panel will feature Robin Safley from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Jim Walker from the Florida Community Loan Fund, and Lance Loethen from The Reinvestment Fund.

Florida Community Loan Fund is a part of the ReFresh Initiative with The Reinvestment Fund and 3 other organizations. As part of our work with the ReFresh Inititative, Jim Walker will participate in the PolicyMap MapChats panel on April 22, 2015.

Learn more about PolicyMap and this week’s MapChat.