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Mailing Address:

Mecklenburg County Public Health
249 Billingsley Road
Charlotte, NC 28211

Office Location:


Mecklenburg County Public Health
249 Billingsley Road
Charlotte, NC 28211

MAP

HOW ARE WE DOING?

Hours: Mon-Fri  8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact

Please do not send confidential information
via email.


 704-336-4700

Key Initiatives

Work and Performance Plan

​Food Security: Fresh, Healthy, and Local

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$2 off fresh fruit and vegetables through August 31 at participating farmer's markets locations.

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Food security is a household’s ability to access nutritious foods, which contributes to an active and healthy life through physical, social, and economic means. Nearly 15-percent of Mecklenburg County’s households are considered food insecure, which means they have a reduced quality and variety of diet, may eat less, and eating patterns are disrupted due to lack of money and resources.

The goal of our programs is to increase and improve healthy food environments and consumption of water, and address food deserts—low-income areas without a supermarket or large grocery store. Food deserts lead to poor diets, which can contribute to obesity, Type-2 diabetes, and heart disease. Low-income individuals are also more likely to be exposed to advertising for unhealthy food products. Even when access to food is improved, healthy foods tend to cost more.

Charlotte-Area Food and Farm Maps

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Public Health has partnered with Rivendell Farms of the Carolinas to provide interactive food resource maps. They show locations and detailed information on resources in our community. That includes food banks and boxes, delivery, free lunches, farmers markets, and more. There’s also information for how you can help.



Food Deserts


 


Read more from the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute: Eating healthy in a food desert: Mecklenburg leaders seek new solutions.
 

Contact

For more information, contact Mamie Sackey Harris, Food Security Supervisor, at 980-314-9063 or
Mamie-Eleanor.Harris@mecklenburgcountync.gov.






Address

Mailing Address:

Mecklenburg County Public Health
249 Billingsley Road
Charlotte, NC 28211

Office Location:


Mecklenburg County Public Health
249 Billingsley Road
Charlotte, NC 28211

MAP

HOW ARE WE DOING?

Hours: Mon-Fri  8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact

Please do not send confidential information
via email.


 704-336-4700

Key Initiatives

Work and Performance Plan